Induced abortion and penalty in Argentina
Reasoning is a gift from nature given to human beings. It is what differentiates us from animals, because it helps us to make decisions, analyze situations and have an independent awareness. With the advance of technology in all areas and the constant evolution of us as a society, many difficult problems have been generated. Because our customs, feelings and what we perceive as what is correct. There are many examples of these problems, but the one we are going to develop in this essay will be: abortion.
Abortion is the interruption of the pregnancy process, which can be induced or spontaneous, where the fetus is extracted without completing its development. The problem lies when abortion is induced, because when this happens there are many opinions that collide with each other. Some say that when doing this there is a murder, that we are interrupting the development of a life, can we decide on whether a life is going to be given or not? Others argue that it is the mother’s decision if an abortion wants to be practiced or not and also wonder from what extent we can consider the being that develops within the female uterus a human life What happens when pregnancy is the product of a violation? This is why ethics is responsible for reviewing this issue, because it is something that affects the beliefs and feelings of many people.
In Argentina, a country where abortion is penalized and can only be practiced when there is a risk of losing the life of the mother and the fetus, there is a strong struggle to legalize it in all cases. There are two strong sides within this fight. On the one hand, we have the one that is composed of those who support abortion. One of its main arguments explains ”The very high number of abortions shows the little or null deterrence that has the penalty on women’s decision. At the same time, if what is sought is to protect the embryo, penalty is not an effective means.”(10 reasons to legalize abortion, 2016, CELS). On the other hand, there are those who are against the legalization of abortion. This group supports that “… human life is from conception. Every human being is a person. It is the law that governs us and we must comply with and respect… ”(Rodolfo Barra).
If I were an Argentine senator, I would have voted in favor of the decriminalization of abortion, because I consider that women should be left. Because in the end it is they who are going to take pregnancy. In addition, “the laws that penalize or restrict induced abortion are the paradigmatic example of the impermicisible barriers to the right to women’s health, and must be eliminated. These laws violate the dignity and autonomy of women, severely restricting their decision -making regarding their sexual and reproductive health ”(Anue, 2012, Anand Grover). But not only that, but we must also provide protection to those women, who can be target of threats and be induced to abort, who wish to be mothers even though pregnancy has taken them by surprise. Also make some changes in sexual education to teach that bort is a delicate process and advise people who are going to be parents to discuss as a couple if pregnancy can be feasible or not. I think it is better to give a full life to a child when you think that as a father you are able and you have the resources to do so. It is better to let a child who is going to live in despair because his parents cannot achieve stability because pregnancy took them by surprise.
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