Abortion

People who are for abortion call people who aren't for abortion anit-choice. They make a good point that people who are against abortion will do anything to make abortions harder for the women to acess no matter the circumstances. They don't take into account if the woman was raped, has AIDS that could transfer to the baby, has a drug addiction that could transfer to the baby, if she's homeless, and countless other circumstances that would only get worse with a baby involved. The other side who call themselves pro-life or right to life also have a good point. It is somewhat like killing the person, you are taking away all of the chances of the child. They can argue that in some cases the person who aborts on the baby will regret that choice but in well over half the women is happy that she had an abortions. I think that the pro-choice side is winning becuase it has been ever since Roe V. Wade. Until that gets overturned or changed I think that they will still be winning the debate. I think that as a 17 or 18 year old girl who wants an abortion their parents should be informed of the abortion. That is for the reason that the parents should know what is going with their kids lives and if they are having a baby. I don't think that they should have consent. That is becuase the woman who is having the baby is the one who knows best what is the best option for her. If she thinks that she needs an abortion and her parents don't in the end it is her body, the kid would be her responsibility, and therefore doesn't need the consent of her parents. With the issue of the father knowing and consenting it i feel the same way about the consent that it should be the womans ultimate decision. But for the father being notified I don't think that should be necesary. If she hasn't told him then they aren't on good terms or she doesn't want him to know for some reason which I think is o.k. The Illinois laws are about as good as I think the abortion laws are going to be. There will never be a law that everyone agrees with, or works for everyone, I don't think. If there was a simple solution we would've already found it.