One of the debated topics that have been a deep source of division in the world today is the issue of abortion. Is it the right of the mother to have control over her body, or is it all right for the government to tell women what to do with their bodies? In the article Surprise, Mom: I'm Against Abortion by Elizabeth Hayt, published in The New York Times, many teenagers today hold strong opinions against abortion. Claiming that teenagers and college-age Americans are more conservative about abortion rights than their counterparts of a generation ago, the percentage of youth supporting abortion rights has been dropping since the early 1990’s. But experts are citing a few explanations that they believe explain why young people today have been favoring stricter abortion laws: the decline in teenage pregnancy over the past decade, the society’s greater acceptance of single parenthood, and the opportunity to give up a child for adoption.
On the flipside of this abortion issue, many think that the right of abortion shouldn’t belong to the government, but rather the woman. Caitlin Moran, a columnist of The Times, wrote an excerpt called Abortion: why it’s the ultimate motherly act. Through her own experiences Moran explains that when a woman’s life cannot support a child, she should be in control of her own body. She asks if women are able to host, shelter and nurture a life, should they capable of ending life? Caitlin believes that it is the “ultimate motherly act” to have an abortion when a woman is going to have a hard time raising the child—whether it be due to the demand of a job, family needs, a spouse, or own personal needs.
I believe that the article with the best argument is the Surprise, Mom. Giving both viewpoints of the issue, this article explains that the reason many younger Americans today hold a prolife position is because they have not lived in a time without abortion restrictions. But at the same time, the reason more and more prolife opinions are being formed is because parents that are prolife are able to pass down their views to their child, while the views of prochoice adults cannot be passed to their children.
My opinion of the topic has not changed, and I doubt anything will be able to change it. I hold very strong views able the issues of abortion and capital punishment that will be very hard to break.
I can't read this blog - it's all symbols, no words. Perhaps it is a formatting issue or something to do with a cut and paste of the material you may have written in Word then transferred to the blog post. Always double check your blog make sure it posts. I'll give you credit for it, but be sure to double-check things like this in the future!
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