I agree with the legalizing of abortion in Mexico. Mexico City previously allowed abortion only in the cases of rape, if the woman’s life was at risk or if there were signs of severe defects in the foetus. Even though that was the case, many victims of rape were actually denied access to legal abortion. Mexico is the world’s second largest Roman Catholic country. Following their religious beliefs, they do not feel that abortion is the right thing to do.

There was an estimated 200, 000 illegal abortions in Mexico each year. Of these women, at least 1500 of them die during the botched operations performed in unhygienic backstreet clinics. Which is the worse scenario? To lose both the mother and the child through illegal abortion, or to only lose a child through legal abortion? Indeed the best way would be to have both stay healthy and alive. But will they be happy? There must be reasons for one to choose to abort one’s child. If the reasons are not addressed adequately, chances are the lives of the mother and the child would not be very good. For example, family violence may be present in a family, without solving the problem, it would not just be the mother suffering but the child as well. Also, rape victims, after being traumatized by the experience, would probably not want to keep the child. Keeping the child would very much remind them of the experience which would then follow them through the rest of their lives.

Admittedly, even through legal abortions, there are risks and negative after-effects of abortion. However, these would be the same risks faced, if not of a greater risk for mothers who may opt for illegal abortion. Also, these effects are the responsibility of the mother, not of the country, hence the country should not have a limitations to whether abortion should be banned, just like people are informed of the negative effects of smoking but smoking is not totally banned, this would mean that the responsibility lies on the consumers.

Also, the safety of the mother has already been put into consideration. The longer a pregnancy lasts, the more dangerous would abortion be. Hence the lawmakers in Mexico have decided only to permit abortions of pregnancies in the first 12 weeks. Hence, there would be a greater reduction of risks when it comes to this legal abortion. 0 comments