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In the world today, pregnancy often has unfortunate effects on adolescents. They drop out of school, have nervous breakdowns, and even commit suicide. It can be unsafe for young teenagers to go through with pregnancy, they can die because their bodies aren't mature enough. Many teenagers cannot provide the right conditions for raising a child for they are still children themselves. The effects of having a baby can result in an end to a future career, meaning that there is a high possibility of the mother and baby living in poverty. The pro-lifer would say that the teenager could give the baby up for adoption and save a life. .
Another issue on the topic of abortion is when pregnant women are older. They no longer have the energy to efficiently take care of the child. Most of these women already have grown-up children and possibly even grand children. From a medical standard these women are at a very high risk that health problems for the mother and the baby could happen. Some people are opposed to aborting the child for reasons that if that mother is capable of getting pregnant that she should have the responsibility of having the child. .
There is also the issue of rape that has to be considered when we discuss the importance for women of having a right to a safe and legal abortion. It seems obvious to most people that they shouldn't force a woman who has become pregnant as a result of being raped to give birth to the baby. The pro-lifers don't see the same picture; they use the same old "murder" argument to not allow the pregnant women to get an abortion in a case of rape. They say that the child could be born and if the mother doesn't want the baby that she could give the baby up for adoption. What the pro-lifers don't see is the affect that will be upon on the women that is involved. The pro-lifers are only concerned for the fetus and not what will happen to the mother or the mother's family that has to deal with the incident.