Writing Assignment Two/Bedel

The “right to life” is not anything that someone else should have a say about other then the person’s life that is at stake when it comes to a pregnant woman. Women should not have to fear for their lives when going into a hospital because of pregnancy complications. If the toll must be paid of one life or another, the one the woman is carrying, that is her choice. She has provided care for this child from her own body up until this point, and if she chooses her life over her unborn child’s, that is her decision. Hospitals are meant to help those who come to them hurt and afraid, it is the very doctor’s oath to do so, so no woman should be left to die. In regard to the mother’s rights verses the child’s rights, it depends on the situation and how far along the pregnancy is and what danger is presented. If the mother is not in any danger, I do not believe abortion should be allowed. If she does not want, or cannot afford to care for the child, that is what adoption is for. This is where the baby needs the government’s protection. However, as I stated before, if the mother is in danger of death then she should be able to get an abortion. The child has a right to life, just like the mother does, and if the child can be born without putting the mother in danger then that child has that right. This is the only time I believe the government should be able to supercede the right of the mother. The fact that the government would be able to place restrictions on a hospital, better yet, a doctor’s ability to save a life, is ludicrous. The woman is the one walking into that hospital, looking to further her life, and should not be turned away because the government has decided her life is less valuable than her unborn child. She is the one with free will, she is the one who has come into this social contract we have by living in this country, and she has the right to feel secure and protected by her country. She is not cattle, not a “baby machine”, she is an individual who has the right to continue her life and look for protection from her country. This would be over stepping our individual rights and leaning towards a more communist country, which is against everything America stands for. This is nothing other than poor, simple, biased foolishness.