The medical reasons for abortion sometimes make it reasonable in the eyes of a pro life supporter for a woman to get an abortion.
Getting a Free Pass?
The most staunch pro life advocates have a no nonsense approach to abortion – don’t get one. Ever. While this belief and stance certainly does make it easier to remember what they need to do in the case of an abortion, it is also a bit sketchier when the woman has extenuating circumstances. If a woman is in a medical emergency and aborting the fetus would be the way to save the woman’s life, then wouldn’t an abortion help to save a life? True, it’s also ending another life, but then it becomes a quagmire of whose life is more important. And that’s going to be a much longer article than you might be willing to read.
Time to Terminate
Science and medicine have noted there are many reasons why an abortion might be necessary or when it might have the mother and child’s best interests in mind:
- Genetic Disorders – In some cases, the child might have a genetic abnormality which is found in a blood test which might make for a short and painful life once the child is born. The mother might want to make the choice to spare the child the pain. Pro life advocates say that having the child anyway and trying to love them anyway is the better option. After all, not all diagnoses are correct. The child might be fine and go on to become the next world leader.
- Mother’s Medical Problems – If the mother has a medical condition which would be complicated by pregnancy, then it might be medically necessary to abort the fetus. In doing so, the mother could focus on her own health, coming back to having a baby when she is best able to support the growing life.
- Pregnancy Disorders – There are also some medical conditions in which being able to have an abortion within the law might be best for the mother. When the fetus is adding chemicals to the mother’s body or the fetus is causing the mother to die, removing the fetus is the only way to stop the damaging effects.
Should a woman ever be able to abort a child? It seems the situation might be the best determiner of the woman’s right to choose when to have medical intervention. However, since many of these cases do happen when a mother is too ill to make a decision for herself, where can pro life step in to make these decisions for the mother and for the child?
Too bad the child can’t step up and talk. That would make things sooo much easier.