Ursinus Intro Ethics Blog - Section A

Friday in class many people were agreeing with the position that women should be allowed to have an abortion if they can't support the baby. Thus, the birth of the baby would result in the child growing up in a horrible atmosphere and not having the same opportunities that you and I are accustomed to. Also, that the government shouldn't tell people that they can't abort their baby. I find it ironic that today’s discussion was centered on arguing for life, for the ability to reproduce, even when abortion is legal. The babies that are born in China, those that aren't aborted because the parents want more then one child face the same fate that unwanted children in America face. For example one of the cases presented in the book was about a mother starving herself in order to pay the fine to keep the baby, if the parents can not support themselves how are they going to support two children? The government policy is only in place because China is unable to sustain itself with the population influx. I do not agree with it because of the late term abortions that tend to happen and the outrageous amount of baby girls that are killed. There is no easy way to control population and in fact the opposite is happening in Europe. Europe’s birth rate is declining and has dropped to 1.5 births per women. This is mostly attributed to women waiting until they are much older to have children because they are more focused on their careers first and family second. Although population is a hard thing to control, China needs to come up with a better way to handle the situation and my belief is that without sexual education for men and women, this problem is never going to be solved and will ultimately hinder China’s economic success as a country.