FREE ESSAY ON PRO CHOICE AMONG WOMEN

PRO CHOICE AMONG WOMEN

An onlookers view of Pro Choice amongst women
Many clinics provide abortion services for women with unplanned or uncontrollable
pregnancies. Some women find themselves with an unplanned pregnancy rather than an
uncontrollable one. Unplanned in fact that a contraceptive failed, or may not have been
easily accessible: uncontrolled in the sense of factors being greater than limited
contraception. Abortion has been performed in many clinics as a treatment for unfit or
unhealthy women, and for women who may have been molested or raped. Abortion shouldn't be
used as a form of contraception, nor should women's lives be sacrificed to bear an infant
before morally ready to commit. If a woman is raped, and the outcome incurs pregnancy,
then abortion is an alternate form of controlling the unwanted pregnancy. Abortion should
stand as only the woman's choice, never as a decision adverse to Pro-Life activists.
Pro-Choice advocates seem to vindicate abortion, accepting that abortion is not
considered a form of birth control, but merely a method of controlling the woman and
fetus future. Women are the sole determinate persons in stating if they are capable of
withholding a full term pregnancy.
As an advocate of women's right's to Pro choice, I am extending my viewpoints to you in
this proposition. Many people have their opinions on abortion, usually being one extreme
or the other. Advocates or Pro choice often finds themselves swaying their opinions of
when abortion is morally ethical dependent upon the controlling factors. Advocates of Pro
Life are consistently perusing abortion, stating that it is morally wrong, and unethical
in all matters, even if the pregnancy is inadvertent. There are factors remaining in
today's society that are very forthcoming and are unanticipated by women in the
prevention of pregnancy. If medical doctors abolished the procedure, or if the government
made it even more difficult to obtain an abortion, we wouldn't be supporting the
righteousness of many women in the U.S. today. If contraception, in all forms, were 100%
effective, then abortion could be abolished. Until medical research and testing finds a
foolproof contraceptive, abortion is morally permissible because of obvious factors that
are uncontrollable.
For those whom agree that abortion is an ethical procedure, there are some instances
where it is morally questionable. Does an inopportune pregnancy allow another to be the
decider on the future life of a fetus? As Marquis states, "an FLO is to claim that a
fetus now has the potential to be in a state of a certain kind in the future". (143) If a
woman chooses to abort the fetus, according to Marquis, she is depriving it of the future
it could possibly have. This would be more relevant to comprehend if one knew that the
fetus would be born completely healthy. It is not known in the early stages of pregnancy
if 
the fetus will be born without abnormalities, or defects. Therefor, it is impossible to
state that the fetus would ever even see a "FLO". It is wrong to kill peaceful or
harmless persons, as Marquis argues, "the FLO account of the wrongness of killing is
correct because it explains why we believe that killing is one of the worst of
crimes."(141) Would it also be wrong to place an individual in the world that is
handicapped, deformed, or otherwise incompetent? Abortion is an inexpensive procedure to
prevent this from occurring. If a woman knows that the fetus will more than likely not
have a "FLO", then she is correct in deciding on terminating her pregnancy. The
determinants to this would be from being unfit or unplanned. If the woman is unhealthy in
any way, then that creates an atmosphere for the unborn child that is unhealthy as well.
Pro-choice followers do feel that there is a time when abortion is immoral and unethical,
which is aborting after the second trimester. By the third trimester, a fetus has formed
distinct facial features, digits, limbs, and internal organs. To anyone, this would be
the equivalent to the physical human person. Warren states that, "the late term fetus has
features which cause it to arouse in us almost the same powerful protective instinct as
does a small infant." (133) The consequences of aborting late in the pregnancy can be
dangerous to the woman's well being. It can cause mental and physical trauma a woman may
not be prepared to undergo. If the circumstances were that bearing the fetus could pose a
life or health threat to the woman, then it is accepted by Pro-choice believers to abort
after the second trimester. This does not entail killing the fetus- usually labor is
induced, and the infant is placed in an Intensive Care Unit. The mental trauma is still
sustained, but the future life and health of the woman is known.
Pro-life activists do not see abortion as an option at any time, even if the
circumstances incurring the pregnancy stem from an uncontrollable mean. When a woman
endures a pregnancy stemming from faulty contraception, the pregnancy is unexpected. She
may not have the resources like income, shelter, and food to provide for the unborn
infant. Pro-life activists believe there is always a way to fulfill a pregnancy, and
never turn to abortion. In case of a molestation or rape, Pro-life followers tend to
direct the woman towards adoption services, or orphanages. To Pro-life believers, the
cost of adoption is incomparable to the cost a life. If finances decide bringing a child
into the world, then Pro-life activists believe there is no reason not to fulfill a
pregnancy. They will raise funds, or incorporate funding from the government to support
an infant that can not be raised by the mother. Pro-life activists have set up hotline
numbers to call, adoption services, and reference services for those who need a guide
through their pregnancy. Single mothers seek help from these inexpensive services, which
are mostly paid for from federal funding. Overall, there should not ever be reasons to
turn to abortion if you are a Pro-life supporter, or are there? The government funds some
or most of the costs for a child's nourishment, shelter, and health. Should the
government also fund the costs of treating an aberrant infant? If an infant were born
premature, due to environmental or maternal factors, the cost of medical aide to keep the
infant alive would be flagitious. How do we determine the financial cost of a life? It is
impossible, so the government continues to provide financial aid to those in need, with
each case of need being different. Few women need tremendous medical and financial aid;
others need little or no government assistance. With that in mind, Pro-life activists
will seek federal funding to support an infant's life. 
There still remain factors of imperfect contraception. Today's medical research and
testing has given women the choice of several contraceptive devices. Included is the
controversial "morning after pill", IUD's, oral contraceptive known as "the pill",
Norplant, Depo- Provera, sponges, cervical caps, and now the female condom. The pill is
the most effective out of the available types, but still it is not 100% effective towards
pregnancy prevention. The pill is ranked first choice (after abstinence) among women for
effective means of birth control; Norplant and Depo-Provera are ranked thereafter, then
IUD's, the female condom, then sponges, and cervical caps. The morning after pill is an
emergency pregnancy prevention form of birth control. It is the only choice for women
that is more effective than the pill. It brings on a "natural" aborting of the united
zygote, still considered abortion. Many Pro choice advocates dislike the idea of self
induced abortion, stating that it gives a woman the ability to induce a harmful process
unto her body. Pro life activists are completely against the idea of placing a future
childs' destiny in the hands of the irresponsible mother. Nonetheless, it is abortion- in
another fashion. Until a contraceptive is researched, tested, and marketed, there is no
real way to prevent a pregnancy, unless a woman abstains. There are the cases of
pregnancy incurred from rape. If this so just be the case, and a woman has access to "the
morning after pill", then it is acceptable for her t