Should healthy women be able to get abortions?

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My friend says if a women is pregnant but the pregnancy is making her sick or putting her life in danger she should be able to get a abortion. If she's perfectly healthy and capable of carrying the baby full term then the women must do it. What do you guys think? And also, if a women performs a self abortion should she go to jail? If so, for how long?

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TexChik · F

Abortion as a method of birth control is reprehensible. Life is precious, and killing one because the pregnancy was the inconvenient result of an irresponsible act and embarrassing is wrong. And it's not only the mother's body that is involved. A child is going to die. An unwanted conception is the ultimate irresponsible behavior because there are so many different ways to prevent it readily available. However, in my opinion, another option should be available—a government-funded abortion, which a judge can also mandate. The consequence is that should you accept it, you also accept mandatory sterilization...for both parents. There must be consequences for the termination of innocent life.

Indeed, if the pregnancy endangers the mother's health or if the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest, termination in those cases is a viable choice.