Essay, Research Paper: Abortion

Abortion has been one of this country's most controversial topic on hand. But if one sees the constitutional violation to women by the restriction of abortion, the unwanted children and their mother suffer torments from society, then this topic would not be so debatable. Too many people do not see the cause and effect of not being able to have abortions.
People are given some basic right guaranteed by the Constitution. One of those privilege is the right to pursue happiness. A baby can sometimes disrupt a woman's pursuit of happiness. Even if she decides to give it up for adoption, she still has to carry the fetus for nine months. For example, one of my friends from high school, because of the recklessness, she got pregnant. She had to drop out of school. A few months later, She realized that she had a baby and she wanted to have a secret abortion because of shame. Unfortunately, all of the neighbors knew that she had an affair, then her mother obliged her to marry the guy and gave a birth to baby and she had no choice. After that, she had to spend her adolescence to take care baby, but not to continue study. She had to work hard, but not to enjoy her teenage life. She suffered distress from giving a birth. Having the option to perform an abortion can solve that obstacle. Taking away this right would be invading on a woman's constitutional liberty.
The unwanted child also suffers. Most of the time the mother of the unwanted child is very young and inexperienced or too poor to take care of the child. The child is usually malnourished, has no medical care, and gets very little attention or love. The foster care system isn't any better. Only a small percentage of the children are adopted by suitable parents. But the rest remain in the foster care system, where there is little or no personal care. In both cases, the child has a poor education because of the lack of attention and discipline. They grow up to be aimless individuals in society. Many get involved in drugs and crimes. In the long run, not only child suffers but also society, who has to tolerate the violent behavior and crimes.
In short, abortion allows a woman to retain her constitutional rights, it relieves a suffering child out of his distress and it establishes a safer and more peaceful society. On these aspects, abortion should be kept legal, and even encouraged to specific individuals, for benefits to all of us.