Pro-Choice Position on Abortion
The abortion debate in the United States is a debate that has raged for decades, ever since abortion was legalized in the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. (McBride, 2008) There are some legitimate arguments for both sides of the debate, but those who have sided with one position or the other aggressively pursue their goals with utmost precedence. These supporters often choose candidates and align themselves with politicians who are willing to support their position above all. This is called the value voter, who does not vote on the actual person running for office, but rather on what they said about one specific value or another. The pro-choice supporters in the abortion debate wish to see a more permanent law that sets in stone the ability for abortion to be completely legal in any state, so long as it is conducted by a licensed medical professional. The pro-life vote wishes to remove any chance for abortion in the United States, and has even gone as far as saying that young mothers should raise their children no matter what, even if that child was conceived awful ways. Ultimately, the pro-choice and pro-life debaters are unable to direct policy on their own, and their respective issues are smaller than issues of foreign policy, economic growth, and counterterrorism that have taken priority over the past decade compared to the Roe v. Wade struggle that is raging in many places on the topic of abortion another marginalization for the 2012 Presidential elections. The pro-choice supporters in the Abortion debate find grounds for the support of their side of the argument on five grounds; the health benefits of legalized abortion, the financial benefits to mothers who can continue with their education, the rights of women in general, guaranteed by the United States Constitution, also abortion's effects on society and more specifically crime in that society, and finally the separation of church and state.("Abortion, no," 2008) The separation of Church and State has been a point of contention since the founding of the nation, but was seen as crucial to creating a stable and open society.
The health benefits of having a pro-choice position in the United States are based on the fact that childrearing is often a dangerous, and sometimes an expensive cost to mothers who may not be able to cover all of their medical expenses. The young and feeble mother may not be able to take care of her own hospital fees, which can cost thousands of dollars for something as common as pregnancy. Also, health does not necessarily mean physical health, but also mental. Many girls in the 21st century do not feel that they are capable of being all that they want to be due to the problem of early pregnancies. (Stanek, 2009) This is a problem that is not found in older women who can often be married and settled down before they choose to have a baby. Being psychologically healthy for a baby means being able to be mature enough to teach the baby, but also stable enough to be able to take care of oneself. This is a trait that we do not expect from most college aged girls these days, much less having this aged girl take care of her own baby. Society has changed greatly even in the time since 1973, at the beginning of the feminists movement, and the gains that pro-choice supporters have achieved have caused a cultural shift away from having strong sympathies among the general populace on the issue of abortion to now being more practical about the reasons for abortion in a civil society that seeks to enhance the wealth potential and readiness of new mothers, in order to reduce the health costs that occur in other less stable situations.
Many of those seeking abortions are doing so on the grounds that they are too young to have a child. (Stolberg, 2012) Many of these pregnant mothers are just teenagers, and have yet to finish their college or high school education...
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