I am sick to the back teeth of people trying to deny other people their rights, in the name of some ethical, political or "spiritual" code.

      With one hand people cite abortion is wrong, you think it is wrong, well if you have a womb and are impregnated, don't have an abortion. But don't think to be able to tell someone else they can't have one, just because you have some code you follow. What about their code, their beliefs?

      What if they aren't ready to have a child? What if they think that if they have a child in their current situation, that giving birth to a child may lead the child to be neglected? What if a person is raped and they do not wish to give birth to a child fathered by a rapist, what if they didn't want to look at the face of a child conceived in a time of sheer terror? What if during pregnancy doctors find out that this child may have such grievous genetic defects that the child would not have any quality of life, or may die shortly after birth?

      You could argue the pros and cons on both sides of the coin; I am personally on the fence on this issue as I havenât got a uterus so it wouldnât be my decision to make. But I would not have the sheer arrogance to think I could tell someone what they can and canât do with their own body.

      The whole abortion argument is just another small minded endeavour in which people enjoy that their rights and beliefs are protected but wish to deny others of theirs. We have come too far in such a short space of time, there is largely no slavery in which world, and we are on our way for equal rights for all. Women used to not be able to vote. Black people had to sit at the back of buses. Can you imagine that happening in a western country in this day and age? There would be public outcry, but on the other hand these same people who would cry out in horror at those examples would readily say you can't have an abortion. And not just the abortion argument, people still protest in the streets against gay marriage, and gay people shouldn't be able to adopt or foster. Which is another exercise in pointless futility.

      Whatever background you have or beliefs you have, if you find yourself pregnant and do not wish to give birth to a child you should have the right to choose whether to keep the child or not. It should not be down to someone else to say what you can do with your body.