My Abortion Satire Essay
MY BODY, MY CHOICE
9 months, 40 weeks, 280 days. A woman has to bear the pain, the weight of a growing child in her womb for a total of 9 months, something a man would never be able to cope with both physically and mentally, so why does a woman not have the right to choose? 18 years, 940 weeks, 6575 days. A mother has to bear sleepless nights, the ongoing tantrums of teenagers and has to support and care for the child, alone in most cases, so why does a woman not have the right to choose?
There are 2.0 million ‘lone parents with dependent children’ in the UK and 91% of them are ‘single mothers with their dependent children’. These single mothers tend to live in poverty as they find it hard to balance work with childcare. Imagine how hard life must be on these parents and their …show more content…
In some cases the victim falls pregnant, what is she supposed to do next? Either have an abortion or continue with the pregnancy and after birth give the child up for adoption. ‘Adoption is never an alternative for abortion’. What if that child never gets adopted as they will have that stigma following them of being a child born as a consequence of a rape? That mother will always blame herself, for the mistake committed by a man she never knew. The man who had his pleasure and left her, the victim to pick up all the pieces.
Freedom. One of the essential things a woman needs in her life is freedom. Children require lots of attention, care, emotional and physical support from their parents 24/7, so what spare time does that leave for the parents? As the world is developing, so is people’s mentality and women now want to stand in the same position as men. They want to compete and earn the same as men and possibly do better than them, however this is not possible if they have children weighing them down, this is why nearly ‘88% of pregnancies are terminated in their early
9 months, 40 weeks, 280 days. A woman has to bear the pain, the weight of a growing child in her womb for a total of 9 months, something a man would never be able to cope with both physically and mentally, so why does a woman not have the right to choose? 18 years, 940 weeks, 6575 days. A mother has to bear sleepless nights, the ongoing tantrums of teenagers and has to support and care for the child, alone in most cases, so why does a woman not have the right to choose?
There are 2.0 million ‘lone parents with dependent children’ in the UK and 91% of them are ‘single mothers with their dependent children’. These single mothers tend to live in poverty as they find it hard to balance work with childcare. Imagine how hard life must be on these parents and their …show more content…
In some cases the victim falls pregnant, what is she supposed to do next? Either have an abortion or continue with the pregnancy and after birth give the child up for adoption. ‘Adoption is never an alternative for abortion’. What if that child never gets adopted as they will have that stigma following them of being a child born as a consequence of a rape? That mother will always blame herself, for the mistake committed by a man she never knew. The man who had his pleasure and left her, the victim to pick up all the pieces.
Freedom. One of the essential things a woman needs in her life is freedom. Children require lots of attention, care, emotional and physical support from their parents 24/7, so what spare time does that leave for the parents? As the world is developing, so is people’s mentality and women now want to stand in the same position as men. They want to compete and earn the same as men and possibly do better than them, however this is not possible if they have children weighing them down, this is why nearly ‘88% of pregnancies are terminated in their early