Do Women Deserve the Right to have Abortions?

Whether you are pro-life or not, should women have the right to decide whether to abort their baby or not? In an article posted by a fellow colleague titled One State, One Choice, Every Woman by Silvia Trejo. She goes on to start her article by addressing how women have always been beneath men and have fought long for their rights. As her article progresses, she goes on to discuss how Rick Perry signed an abortion bill that bans women in Texas from getting an abortion.

Miss Trejo's main argument was that Rick Perry should not have the right to decide for women, since he will never know how they feel and that in signing such a bill, it has stripped women of their rights and put them back where they started years ago. While I agree to a certain extent and can see where she was coming from, I feel that Silvia wasn't able to persuade her audience/I. I felt she relied mostly on her feelings and views of how women are not given the same respect as men, and how men get paid more and treated better than women at a work environment, etc. I feel she could have taken that opportunity to give us information and facts and could have used a link such as On Pay Equity Day, Why Women Are Paid Less Than Men by ThingProgress.Org that states "Women on average make only 77 cents to every dollar earned by men"in order to give a more convincing argument.

Furthermore, Silvia goes on to say that "When it comes down to it, when Rick Perry signed the abortion bill he took away the power over every woman in Texas". I can see how she feels that women are no longer in control over their situation and are now having a "man" decide for them, but I feel she saw only one side to this instead of both sides. In an article posted on LifeNews.com titled "Study: One Abortion Increases a Woman's Death Risk 45%" it goes on to state "A single induced abortion increases the risk of maternal death by 45% compared to women with no history of abortion, according to a new study of all women of reproductive age in Denmark over a 25 year period". Instead of relying with a point of view that here comes a man again, just taking away women's rights. She should see that he in a way is helping women by lowering their maternal death risks that are associated with abortions and helping avoid other things that arise from abortions (Hemorrhage, handicapped newborns in later pregnancies associated with cervical/uterine damage, excessive bleeding, infection, emotional distress, etc). Additionally, while I do not favor abortions, I tried my best to be as bias free as I could be with this article and to see all sides to it, but when it comes down to it, Silvia implies that it should never be at the choice of a man to decide what a woman should do with her body and that women should have the right to have their own choice. With that being said, if you and another person make the "choice" to have sex, then you should be prepared to handle the consequences that come with it!



There are so many ways of preventing pregnancies and even family planning centers you can go to for birth control. Although I know in some cases, women are raped, etc. I personally believe that abortion should not be the option to go. There are so many complications or things that can go wrong with abortions and if you feel so strongly that you do not want a kid, then you do have another "choice". There are so many families out there who can not have kids of their own and are waiting to adopt. You can always put up your child for adoption and go down your own path.


In the end, while I saw a bit of Silvia's point of view, I personally was not persuaded and felt she went with her feelings and could not convince. Furthermore, I feel that if we are going to make an argument about the ability to make your own "choice" then we should all not be hypocrites and let the baby have a choice as well. No matter how many weeks of pregnancy anyone may be, if "you" make the choice to have sex without any sort of protection, then you should be prepared to face the consequences that come with it and give the child a choice to live, since your "choice" is what brought it about in the first place. Therefore I conclude that abortion is not the way to go and maybe Perry did go overboard in not letting a woman decide, but in the end he might have "saved" more than just a baby's life in doing so.

$2 Billion Won't Bring you any Water!

Water almost feels like an animal close to extinction if you live in Texas! Only those who live here can understand how often we must be put "limits" on water usage due to drought seasons. The constant limitations and droughts in lakes, rivers, etc. further show that our water supply is only getting worst and in a few years our reservoirs will be dried out or so was said on an article titled With or Without $2 Billion, Water Woes Here to Stay on Nov 4, in The Texas Tribune.

With that being said, a current proposition will be able to be voted upon tomorrow that could possibly help Texas with the water deficit. Proposition 6 is a constitutional amendment that is said to take out $2 Billion out of the Rainy Day Fund (state's savings account) in order to help create 2 accounts to help fund water projects in the state. Although there are those who favor this proposition and those who oppose it, the real question here is whether this proposition could indeed help with our water deficit. The supporters argue that this is needed to ensure that the state will have enough water to meet it's future needs. I for one do not support this proposition and feel it will be a waste of 2 billion that could be used elsewhere.

One example as to why I don't see this working out is because a North Texas water supplier fought for over 10 years to win state approval of the first reservoir to be built in decades, and it is still waiting for a federal permit. If this water supplier is still waiting on approval after all these years, what makes us think that passing this proposition will guarantee water infrastructure projects to be built and help our deficit? Although we have a reservoir already being permitted to be built, such as Lake Ralph Hall. It had been nearly 25 years since a reservoir was last built, so it only furthermore shows that Texas is constantly hesitant in allowing water reservoirs to be built which leads me to believe that this proposition will be a waste of our state's funds/time and should not be passed.

Even on the article in The Texas Tribune, they have an environmental law researcher say "By the time projects are identified, bonds are issued, and projects are actually initiated and then come online, that's some ways down the road" from the University of Texas at Austin. This furthermore shows that it will take a while before water infrastructure plans can be implemented and even if this law passes, it will more than likely help future droughts, but not the current one. Additionally, our state is being populated on a daily basis and that only contributes to even more water usage. Even with the current water drought, I still see people down the road make huge misuses of our water supply. I've seen people watering their lawns at night time or even sprinklers being on as it's raining outside. Whether we pass this proposition or not, some people will still misuse the current water supply we have and we will end up right back here in drought and water limitations.

What makes me oppose this proposition as well, is the fact that it will take 2 billion out of our state's savings. That just speaks getting into debt and a misuse of such a large fund. Simply because some people will still misuse and not obey restrictions as the ones that are being implemented now on water, I feel that they should hold off on this proposition. This proposition won't get us out of anything overnight, so why even pass it now? They should wait and see if more reservoirs will be passed in a timely manner that could help with the deficit so we won't have to get so much funds out, misuse them, and waste our time waiting to see if they can get water infrastructures to be built. I think if we wait a while and see if Texas improves on permitting reservoirs to be built, we will be able help droughts, not get into any sorts of debts, or misuse state funds over a period of time!