Pro-Choice vs. Pro-LifeAbortion is unethical and immoral. These are the thoughts of many Americans in our society. If a woman gets pregnant than she should have to deal with her "problem." However there are many circumstances that arise that could make that a difficult and sometimes impossible decision. Instead of every woman that becomes pregnant having no say in whether they have their child, there should be an age limit set. The legal age of a woman having an abortion should be set at 18. It should be illegal for anyone at the age of 18 or over to have an abortion. I believe, for many reasons, it should be the legal right of a woman under the age of 18, a minor, to have an abortion. Minor's account for fewer than one in 10 abortions performed (PPFA , 1999). Furthermore, it should ...view middle of the document...
97 out of every 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 find themselves pregnant each year. Out of these 97 teenagers 78 percent are unintended (AGI, 1999a, as cited in PPFA, 1998-2002).Ideally, a teenager that becomes pregnant should make her mother and/or father aware of her pregnancy. Unfortunately, we do not live in an ideal world. There are some circumstances in which a young girl cannot make her parents aware of her situation. It does not help with the government trying to get involved in the personal lives of teenagers and their families. Congress cannot make families communicate, and it is downright dangerous to try and make them. Most teenagers who do not inform their parents of their pregnancy are victims of physical or sexual abuse within the family, and they feel afraid.The House of Representatives approved, once again, the Child Custody Protection Act (CCPA). This would make it a federal crime to transfer a minor across state lines for an abortion without meeting their home states guidelines about parental consent (PPFA 1999). If the Senate passes this as a law its results would not help. It would actually endanger the lives of desperate young women seeking abortion by denying them any help from sisters, grandmothers, or trusted family members, other than their parents (The New York Times Company, 2002)The CCPA will cause dangerous delays for teenagers seeking abortions. The CCPA says that a minor cannot have an abortion without parental consent or a judicial bypass. Most teenagers that do not involve their parent and try to get a judicial bypass, indeed, do get one. The only thing that getting a judicial bypass does is waste time. Time that increase the physical and emotional side affects, health risks, as well as cost that it will take to have the abortion (PPFA, 1999)
