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Abortion. The right to choose. A touchy subject. Abortion is an extremely controversial, eyebrow-raising, Don’t Bring Up At The Dinner Table type of subject. Whether you’re extremely against abortion, undecided, or a supporter; I respect your opinion. But if you think you’ll get butthurt reading this-stop now.

I believe that as a young woman in America, I should have the right to choose. I should have the option, the opportunity, and the right to choose safely and without judgement- to have an abortion or not, if that is my decision. I never want another woman to be raped and forced to carry a child if she doesn’t want to. I never want another woman to have a potentially dangerous or fatal pregnancy and be forced to give birth if she doesn’t want to. I never want another woman to be forced to have a child simply because she doesn’t want to.

The argument of adoption and foster care as an alternative is bullcrap. The foster care system is broken, over-capacity, and corrupted. Adoption is the only option for some couples and is an amazing opportunity. But if I don’t want to have a baby, I shouldn’t have to. It is inhumane to require a woman to grow a human being, give birth, and potentially raise that human if she does not want to.

I am in no way saying I am a supporter of abortion. I am a supporter of women’s rights, of my right to choose, and advocating for other women and their opinions.