There are a number of reasons I am pro-choice. The first one being that choice means choice. It means you can choose whether or not to have an abortion. If you are against it, that is your choice. By having this choice open, it gives women the option. Freedom means choice. By having the right to choose, we are expressing the freedom we have over our bodies.

When this choice wasn't available, women still had abortions. Whether they did this by taking herbs that forced miscarriage or by visiting back alley doctors, women still had them. The consequences of the choice being unavailable was often severe. Never again should 15 year old girls have to suffer an unwanted pregnancy. Never again should a woman have to sufer the unclean back-alley clinic. There is no reason for it. For many women, abortion is one of the few realistic options available.

A woman's reproductive rights are as essential to their well-being as their suffrage. There was a time when condoms were illegal. When any form of birth control was illegal. We have come a long way since then, but until people recognize the fact that a woman's body is her domain and no one elses, a woman will be seen as inferior in the world.

In America, there is a separation of Church and State, so banning a medical procedure based on religious views simply should not be done. This goes for any procedure, not simply abortion.

I am doing a poor job at explaining my views on the matter and I know it. The problem is, I have such strong views on the subject, that it is hard for me to express them clearly. For me, the right to have an abortion is fundamental as any right to choose. To have the option open is what matters.

In my mind, it doesn't matter who is having the procedure done. A woman with three children, a 16 year old girl who doesn't want to fuck up the rest of her life, a woman who simply isn't ready to commit to the life long responsibility of having a child... it is a heavy decision, but for many it is the only decision they can see themselves living with. Before Roe v. Wade, countless women killed themselves rather than have their child. Other went to the back alley clinics to have a bent coat hanger rammed into their uterus.

Several years ago, I became pregnant. My husband and I were not ready to have a child. I was still in school and we were poor. Dirt ass poor. Instead of having the child, I had an abortion. I could not bring a child into the world when I knew I didn't have the capacity to care for it. I do not regret my decision and I never will. Because I made the decision I did, I now have a good job where I am contributing to the world. if I had a child now, it would be very hard for me to have the job I do due to my work schedule.

I had a choice to make and I made it. I do not know what I would have done if I hadn't had the choice to make. My life would be ruined and I suspect I would be little better than trailer trash right now. I would be a drain on society rather than a member of it. I suspect my marriage would have fallen apart because of it. Also, i don't want children. My mother is a bitter woman because she had to give up her education when she became pregnant with me. The resentment becomes apparant. No child should have to live with that feeling thrust upon them.

Stand up for your right. Say no to coathangers and the suppression of reproductive freedom.

And remember, choice means choosing. By having the choice available, you can choose to go either way based on your own sense of morality.