Since when was my body under the control of other’s decisions and choices? I thought we were in control of our own body. No? America is not much of a free country if they are going to deny me a service that I wish to have if I knew it was the right choice for me. What’s the purpose and meaning of “I have the right” if government is saying no to our rights?
Abortion has been a topic of debate for quite some time now and I came across an article that caught my interest entitled “Women’s and Children’s Health Suffers in States Like Texas With More Abortion Restrictions” written by Natalie San Luis, published October 1, 2014 in a Texas political based blog Burnt Orange Report. In the article, Ms. Luis provides information from research reports, government data and studies conducted. Sources include Center for Reproductive Rights and Ibis Reproductive Health. According to a study they have conducted, it was reported that “states with more abortion restrictions have the poorest health outcomes for both women and children.” The five topic areas of health indicators that were analyzed during the study were: abortion restrictions, women’s health outcomes, children’s health outcomes, social determinants of health, and policies supportive of women’s and children’s well-being.
In an article “Recipe for Disaster” by the Center for Reproductive Rights, the author states that it’s an “insidious and devastating move” for limiting women’s access to abortion services. The article addresses procedures like liposuction, vasectomy, colonoscopy, and D&C after a miscarriage childbirth are also serviced in facilities that do not meet the requirements of a Ambulatory Surgical Center or mini-hospital. Not only are these procedures not required to be done in facilities that meet requirements, these procedures have rates of complication equal to or higher than abortion. So how is abortion's health risk any different from the other procedures provided? I think that if the other procedures are just as equivalent to abortion, then they should all be required to be serviced at facilities that meet requirements of a hospital. It's not about the health risk, it's firm anti-abortion and pro-life believers.
Ms. Luis states “until Pro-Life and Jodie Laubenberg team up to fully fund pap smears and pre-K education, these laws are dangerous, extreme, and a poor substitute for the health care policies that Texans actually need.”
As a result, Ms. Luis definitely did her research to back up her argument and provided her sources. I definitely agree that these laws are extreme and a poor substitute for health care policies. They are not thinking about the health, safety or the well-being of women, but of what they believe is “the right thing.” What exactly is “the right thing” for me, you, anyone? I thought our life was the decision of our own choosing, not in the decision or choices of others. Our freedom and rights are useless otherwise.
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