Is Abortion a Necessary Evil? Part 2

Shan's first email has arrived. He sent some biographical information and then got down to his case. Here is his first installment unedited. Mine will follow shortly.

Hello Joe. So sorry for the late replies, life's been hectic.

As for introductory info, My name's Shan Cerrone, I live in Northern Virginia, planning to attend BU for photography. And things that might be relevant to this discussion, I was raised in the United Methodist church and was rather active until about 15 when my life's direction started to change. And, (with no disrespect to your beliefs intended) began to take a strong interest in philosophy, and started seeing the flaws of religion, and parted ways. Today I'm a rather optimistic Nihilist, if there is such a thing.

Civilities agreed,Onward!

Is Abortion a neccesary evil? I believe it is.

No matter what your personal beliefs on the subjects are,in today's society, there's no arguing sex and violence are a prominent part. With this, comes casual promiscuity, rape, and the like. Unwanted pregnancies happen. If someone with an unwanted pregnancy, with no way to support a child, knows it's physically possible to have an abortion, what's going to stop them?If you make something controversial illegal, you push it underground.

Just as the illegal drug trade thrives underground, through inner city and international violence, so can abortion. This may be slightly off topic, but the analogy fits right in line. With drugs, when you take away the legal market, an illegal market pops up. With dirtier, more dangerous supplies, and a more ruthless industry to spread it. The same can be said for abortion, as a necessary evil.

If you take abortion out of the hands of trained medical professionals, you put it into the scenarios of coat hangers in back alleys. This may be an extreme scenario, but so is the topic we discussed earlier, abortion leading to eugenics.

If you take the pro-life stance, when picking the "lesser of two evils", wouldn't having abortions where the mother is far more likely to be in safe position, be preferable?Would you rather both sides, being the mother and the baby, be in a position to be sacrificed?

A foreseeable campaign against this would be promoting alternatives. Such as adoption, which is already promoted in the current legal status. Adoption is still a problematic option when the Abortion option is present. Carrying something for 9 months inside of you can be just as jeopardizing to a career, education, (and everything else that goes along with keeping a steady life of your own a float) as having and caring for a birthed child.

I don't personally believe in abortion being murder, but if a completely viable alternative to abortion was found, I would support it. But until then, abortion will continue to serve, or plague, society as a nessiscary evil, whether it be in the public eye, or in the back streets. Which legal status is more morally acceptable when regarding human life?

Best, -Shan C.