Reaction Paper About Abortion

Public Policy Reaction Paper 2

In my view, it is not wrong to have a political discussion concerning abortion, but this becomes an issue when our thinking is restricted to only one perspective, that being the political perspective of issues. There is more to discuss concerning real life experiences. What people are going through may open our way of looking at issues. In analyzing the TED Talk “A Better Way To Talk About Abortion” by Aspen Baker, I will utilize ideas discussed, and points mentioned to support views of my reference to the topic of abortions and my reactions.

Women have myriad reasons that may push them into making the decision of opting for abortion as a solution (0:56). Women may abort because they may not want to have a baby and, in the process, interfere with their work, school or any other responsibility they must partake. Most jobs today have high performance expectations and require employees to maximize on quality and production for maximum profit, a pregnant lady may tend to be less productive due to her delicate condition and thus will have an effect on her work and by looking at this perspective the lady may choose to abort in order to ensure she does not interfere with her job.

32 percent of women who abort do it because they are unable to cater for the child they are expecting (1:51). There are single and unemployed ladies who cannot depend on themselves and having a child may worsen the situation in that they will be unable to give the basic