Friday, May 1, 2009

Mandating ultrasounds before abortion…

Abortion is a controversial topic for a lot of people. Some people see it as killing a living being. Others see it as a means to improve the health of the woman. As long as abortion is therapeutic meaning it is performed to save the life of a woman mentally or physically, for terminating pregnancies if the baby is going to be born with congenital disorders and who’s health is fatal or will lead to morbidity, and to prevent multiple births, if those births will be harmful to the woman and child.
Although many people yearly have abortions, more than a million according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute Statistics (AGI) in 2006-2007, it is their choice to make. Now, some states want to enforce viewing of ultrasounds before abortion even if the patient doesn’t want to see it. If they are comfortable with the abortion, there is no need to enforce ultrasound images on them when they don’t want to view it. Medical personnel can give them the choice to view ultrasounds to make sure they are making the right decision. However, it shouldn’t be mandatory. It would be uncomfortable for both the doctor and the patient. A person has the right to view or not view what they want. When they made the decision, they thought it through to prevent future complications. However, a life is a life, and anyone will preserve it even if it is against their better judgment. So if they view an ultrasound when they don’t want to see it, their judgment might be impaired due to wanting to keeps the life growing inside of them.
Instead of preventing abortions, they should educate people beforehand about the consequences of getting pregnant. Most of the reports from the Center for Disease prevention and control (CDC) indicate most of the abortions are done to girls less than fifteen years of age. There is something wrong with that number. Either people aren’t educating these kids or their parents just don’t care and it results in them getting an abortion. Instead of mandating ultrasounds for abortion after the cause, mandate educational approaches for prevention of the cause.

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