Abortion

Abortion is one of the most controversial topics in our society. It triggers a cleavage between two camps whose positions are motivated by several factors like religion, culture, upbringing and ideology. I myself, am against abortion, but also understand that in some cases it is difficult not to recognize that it is necessary.

First of all, I think that it is a crime to put an end to an innocent life, be it a fetus or an egg, because not only it is a life, but also it doesn’t have the means to defend itself. It is shameful that some people decide deliberately to have unprotected sex because they know how to get rid of the fetus in the case that a pregnancy occurs.

However, as I stated earlier, in some cases, abortion is understandable. In some countries for example, therapeutic abortion, one which is performed in order to save the life of the mother, is legal. The legislators behind this law have argued that since they cannot guarantee whether or not the child-to-be will be living or in good health, in case the event that his/her life and the life of the mother become mutually exclusive, it is wise to save the mother.

Another case is when the mother is HIV positive, and doesn’t want the future child to become ill, despite the fact that nowadays, some medicine can dramatically reduce the risk of him/her being infected. In such a case, one can always argue that the parent was acting according to the kid’s best interest.

Those two cases are pretty much what I consider as being occasions where abortion can be understandable.