Ouad Jules

Saturday, August 8, 2015

A Better Way To Talk About Abortion

I never heard about TED.com speeches and I cant believe it. The stories are very inspiring and motivating that I couldn’t just watch one. I watched at least ten for the past two hours. You learned so much and have a different aspect on things. I have chose to talk about abortion. I have always supported aborting because I believe people do make mistake and not everybody is very to take such a big responsibility. Aspen Baker from Ted.com is a great speaker. She opened up about her life and how she wasn’t ready to have a baby few months after she graduated college. She was worried and afraid that she would never be able to get pregnant again. But she realized that one in three women will have an abortion in their lifetime and she wouldn’t be the first or last one to have one. When she decided to open up about her pregnancy to a close friend, the friend told her that she had one before and that she would be okay. Aspen stated that she had just started a new relationship and she just wasn’t ready. She also talked about pro-voice, how it is good to talk to close friends and family when you are lost and confused. You also need to be a good listener by asking questions and also share your stories. If you had been through an abortion, it is good to talk about it and express yourself. “Pro-voice focuses that conversation on human experience and it makes support and respect possible for all”.

The reason why I have always been for abortion is because not only people do make mistake specially when you are young but also for financial reasons. Babies are expensive and take a lot of your time. Most of the people to have an abortion are high school or college students. Students always enjoy the party life. Therefore, they don’t know how to take care of a child or how to be responsible. They barely know what they want to major in. It is hard to raise a child specially doing it on your own. That’s why aborting is not always a bad thing for the less fortunate people.


One thing I am starting to accept that I was always against is giving away your child for adoption. I always asked why would a mother carry a baby for nine months to just give it away to strangers that you are not sure will take care of that kid. I always wondered why not just abort after finding out the first couple of weeks. As I grew up, I understood that they are couple that can’t have kids no matter how hard they try and are fortunate to take care of that baby or the mother might want her child to have a better life by giving it away to other family members but I can imagine how hard it could be after carrying your child for nine months. I have always been for abortion and it is not always a bad thing to do.