The NARAL-Prochoice America website is much more applealing than the National Right to Life website. Right off the bat, it provides the reader with information and evidence about their side of the debate without even having to click on any other links or pages. It draws the reader in by providing short and easy information about the issue at hand and what obsticles the "pro-life" group is putting in the way of women who want to get abortions. Both websites are clearly biased towards their side and are using their sites to sway people to agree with their oppinions and to think negitively about the opponent's point of view. There are very few images or visually appealing aspects the the National Right to Life website or specific quotes. However, they do have some very persuasive facts such as the stages of the pregnancy that each part of the baby develops. This also prevents people from feeling personally connected to the point of view that is being presented. NARAL-Prochoice America's website is full of easy to read information presented through short paragraphs and bulletpoints. I definitely think that the NARAL-Prochoice America website is much more effective than the National Rights to Life because it gets more personal and is easier to relate to as a young woman. It explains the many obsticles that are placed in the way of girls who are seeking abortion and makes a very strong argument for why woman should have this right to choose for themselves.
Personally, I am prochoice. I think it is a woman's right to do what she wishes with her body when it is her life that is being effected the most. Nobody should be able to make that decision for her. She will have to live with her actions, whatever path she chooses, and nobody should have the power to make that choice for her. I strongly disagree with the idea that a girl must tell her parents and have their consent in order to get an abortion. If her parents are pro-life, they can force her into parenthood and take away the right she is constitutionally guaranteed. There are also different dynamics between child and parent in every family and the state doesn't know how the parents will react to the news of their teenage daughter being pregnant. It could lead the parents to punish or abuse the daughter for her actions and this violence would be the result of the state supposedly "helping" teenagers. The pro-choice website only encouraged this opinion in me because it brought even more issues of control to the surface. There are far too many laws and restrictions set in place for women seeking abortions and this website elaborated on the problem even more.
I believe that the responsible thing to do in most circumstances would be to inform the father about the pregnancy, but I don't believe it should be mandatory and I certainly don't believe that the woman should have to have the man's consent to get the abortion. It is the woman's body that is in jeopardy. If the woman feels that an abortion truly is the only solution, then she shouldn't have to ask the man's approval to do what she knows is right. Additionally, if the woman was raped, she should never be forced to speak to the man who raped her again, and she certainly should not have to ask his permission to rid herself of his spawn. Because there is no way to prove what the exact circumstance is every time, the state shouldn't have the power to make these decisions for her.
I see that Illinois has several laws set in place to help low-income woman who seek family-planning assistance or who seek abortion. Illinois also requires all pharmacies to provide birth control for women. I think these are both very important and responsible actions that the state has taken to help protect woman and their rights. However, I strongly disagree with many of the pro-life or anti-choice laws. It is not fair for certain health service facilities to have the right to not inform woman of their rights to get an abortion, to not provide information on where they can get an abortion, or for certain doctors to have the right to refuse to perform abortions on the woman. Doctors should have the right to give their advice and opinion to their patients, but not the right to make the decision for them. I am most definitely pro-choice.
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