What's Correct?

This week’s discussion was predominantly focused on the controversial issues revolving around the phenomena of sperm donations and how parents sometimes choose whether or not to keep their child simply based on the fact of whether or not they’ll grow up to be “beautiful” .  Towards the end of the class though, the whole topic of basing the whole abortion decision merely on trifling aspects was the most commotion-generating topic.  Before this whole discussion, when I heard the term abortion, I usually associated it with tragic events culminating to this process such as incest or rape. But, as we got into the fact that in our day and age the majority of abortions are simply due to insignificant factors such as potential appearances - well let’s just say that now it’s apparent why older generations criticize the younger generations so much.  Personally, I see it as alarming that parents choose to terminate a life simply because the child is not what the parents are looking for. I would completely understand if everything was different – if the decision was based on more serious factors. Although I would understand, I completely agree with Daniel when he opinionates that he cannot bring himself to see a mother having in an abortion based on the fact that the child might be born with a disorder or another serious problem. To me personally, all the previously mentioned reasons for abortion are not substantial enough. Why would you not give the baby a chance to live? Why would you end any hopes of bringing in another being into the world? Should insignificant aspects such as appearances and disadvantages dictate whether you are to live or die? What if you were the baby? Would you still essentially terminate a life based on these trivial factors? How do these outweigh the wonders of living? Even if you were truly unwilling to care for such a blessing, there are other alternatives. Why not simply put the baby up for abortion? I’m fairly sure that there is a mother out there, who because she was unfortunately unable to engender a child, who is more than willing to care for a baby. An abortion is not something that should be taken lightly.