For the longest time, I couldn’t even begin to fathom how anyone could be okay with aborting a baby. I’ll say that I thought it was absolutely one of the worst things you can do. After doing my research and thoroughly understanding “pro-choice,” I have changed my perspective completely on just a few reasons of why planned parenthood need to be available to women.

These reasons include but are not limited to:

Rape If a woman does not want to carry the child of her rapist, she most certainly shouldn’t have to and it shouldn’t even be up for debate I’m not entirely sure why it is to be perfectly honest.

Incest Again, not even sure why this one is up for debate either.

Financial Struggles If a woman knows that she will not be able to afford all the necessities of having a child, and doesn’t want to undergo all the stress money issues cause, she shouldn’t have to.

Health Issues If a woman knows she might not live through child bearing, and doesn’t want to risk her own life for her unborn child, she shouldn’t have to. (I’m sure we can all imagine how heartbreaking it would be to be in a situation like that.)

“Well, you can just put the child up for adoption.” Well, what about the other 100,000+ children in the world who don’t have homes and are waiting to be adopted?

And abortion should be an option for any reason a pregnant woman deems necessary considering it is no one else’s business and her own because what she decides to do with her body has nothing to do with anyone else.

You can all say “Well if you can’t deal with the consequences of getting pregnant, then you shouldn’t have sex.” Get real here, people. Sex is completely natural and there’s no way in hell you can get people to stop doing it. Planned Parenthood needs to be available for the women who need it, or just for the women who feel comfortable knowing they have a choice.

Her body, her choice.