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Lizbeth Loeza

Mr. Gutierrez

Persuasive Essay

5/7/19

Is the U.S really a country of freedom?. A type of freedom where women don't

fully have control over their own bodies. Abortion has become a controversial issue there are

laws trying to take women's rights on their own body choices. As a female I am against these

proposals to make abortion illegal, a bill in texas has already been approved of women being

able to get the death penalty if they get an abortion, this will only try to spread in other states , I

believe this is unfair and I will be explaining why.

There are many reasons why a woman may turn to abortion some reasons aren’t just

because they don't want to have a child. Making abortion illegal won’t get rid of woman trying to

avoid birth. Making it illegal will just get rid of unsupervised-safe procedures being done.

The worst part about this issue is that it is the men who have the most to say which is absurd due

to the fact that they have not and will never experience pregnancy or the pain of giving birth. If

abortion really is becoming an issue I feel that women should establish this law.

What bothers people most about abortion is whether or not you are killing a living,

human life. According to researchers, obstetricians, gynecologists and doctors, have states that

abortion should be legal at 22 weeks, this is because the fetus is still not considered a “full-term”

until it has reached around 30 weeks. If it is legal to pull the cord on someone when they are
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brain dead even though there is a heartbeat the body cannot function without the brain. I bring

this up because people believe that as soon as there's a heartbeat abortion should not be

considered but if that's the case how come we are able to let someone go even if there is a

heartbeat. That is because without the brain the body doesn't really do much. The brain is what

helps it function .

Although I have given a few reasons you still may be questioning how something like

this can be legal and why do women even consider it. There are many reasons why women

wouldn’t want to keep a baby. The biggest one is rape, the victims don't want to be reminded of

that everytime they look at their baby, finding out their live is going to change over something

they had no control over can be devastating. A second reason is that some women don’t have the

funds for something unexpected, they know they won't be able to care for and nurture a baby the

way is it supposed to be. Some know they don't have what is necessary for their child to have a

good life.

Now, you're probably thinking that if they chose to have unprotected sex they should

accept the consequences and I totally agree with that. What I don't agree with is that protesters

are just thinking about irresponsible adolescents making these mistakes and not thinking about

women who either have medical or traumatic issues and abortion is a choice for them . Another

opinion I hear a lot too , is if the problem is women not wanting to raise the baby then they can

give them up for adoption. As of right now there are 443,000 children up for adoption in the U.S
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only 62% get adopted each year. Putting more kids in the system will make them feel unwanted.

There are too many children and not enough families wanting to adopt.

In conclusion abortion should be kept legal and be an option to those who really need it.

It is something that women go through with their bodies, which shouldn’t even be questioned

because it is their choice and their right to make these types of decisions with themselves,