In this week’s reflection, we touch base on abortion rights. Growing up, we don’t hit maturity level until a certain age. Studies have shown maturity levels can stem from age 25-to 30. At a young age, hormones are raging, and some acts happen because of the desire to satisfy the urge. In our teen years, we are not fully mature and knowledgeable about what it entails if we get our partner pregnant. It’s a huge responsibility to raise a child because it’s up to you to show them the ropes and later unveil a more incredible person. Young teenagers typically don’t have a sense of direction; alone, they are not ready to raise a child. Accessing a safe place to terminate a pregnancy gives both partners the chance to change their lives. Many children are placed in the system because they feel incapable of caring for them.
There have to be more resources for males to protect themselves, for instance, a vasectomy. The fact is that women are the ones that have been sacrificing their bodies to bear children and also go through hormonal changes. Men have been taking a right to decide for women for years. Roe v. Wade landmark decision was placed to protect women from having the right to have an abortion. Now it’s being overturned because of Wisconsin’s pre-Roe ban abortion ban from 1849. The law said, “any person, other than the mother, who intentionally destroys the life of an unborn child is guilty of a Class H felony.” The right to choose what a woman wants to do with her body should be a choice that she only makes. It’s no one else’s body but hers.