Abortion is a choice.

Abortion is and should remain a choice. Anything would be way too much control coming from the state. The state should not have control over your body and what you do with it. I find it really interesting that a huge majority of the people that are deciding weather or not it stays a choice and debating the issue are men. I don’t think something like that should be put in a man’s hands to be able to decide that for women. Some people say that even after an abortion the woman usually isn’t happy that she killed her baby. Just because someone couldn’t support the baby, or because she was raped, or for whatever reason they got rid of it doesn’t mean they necessarily wanted to lose their child. I also don’t think that parents should automatically have the right to know if their child is having an abortion. If a girl is having an abortion she usually isn’t proud of it but feel that she needs to get it. She doesn’t want to be told weather or not what she is doing is right or not or be yelled at. It should be her choice and he mistake to fix, not her parents. I also think that it would be stupid to make a law requiring the fathers consent. First of all, they aren’t the ones that have to carry it with them for 9 months and deliver it. Second of all, if a woman was raped, how would she get that consent. Its not like she can go up to the man who raped her and can say will you sign this so I don’t have to have your baby? Therefore, the father should not have to sign a consent form. They also shouldn’t have to be notified that the woman is getting one. If the woman doesn’t want the man to know out of fear, embarrassment, etc. then she shouldn’t be required for him to know. That is a total invasion of privacy on the states part.
After looking at two websites, NARAL- Prochoice America and National Right to Life, I remain prochoice. I found the NARAL website to be very organized and to the point. It had a very direct point it wanted to get across. While it was to the point I found that it had a lot of information and it even gave information on how to prevent a pregnancy in the first place. It also was organized in what it believe was the problem and their solution for the problems. I found the Nation Right to Life website to be a little disorganized and a little unprofessional. It didn’t have both sides to it and it wasn’t necessarily trying to go against pro-choice but was made to inform pro-life people. It is interesting how they had a whole section on “when does life begin?” But that’s not the same for everyone. There isn’t one correct answer for that and this website seemed to only have one answer for everything. That is why I liked the NARAL website better. It was supported or gave information that wasn’t only one answer and supported their points in more than one way.
In Illinois there is a law that a woman is not allowed to have an abortion after 12 weeks. I don’t think that a woman should be able to say last second that they want and abortion. After 12 weeks the baby is pretty far in development and I don’t think they should be able to get rid of it. Getting an abortion like that isn’t only killing a breathing thing but it is also bad for the woman’s health who is getting the abortion. I don’t agree with the law that states that one parent has to be notified if their child that is under 18 is getting an abortion. I don’t think it is really up to them and I don’t think that it is their right to know. Even though it is their child it is her body. If she is old enough to make the mistake than she is old enough to fix it. Also if a young woman is raped and doesn’t want her family to know this law makes her required to which and be misleading and embarrassing.