The article I am critiquing today is written about a subject that has been in the news a lot lately since the passing of an abortion rights law in New York a few weeks ago. The law included legality for late term abortions, and it seemed like everyone had their opinion about the matter. Pro-life supporters saw it as atrocious murder and unnecessary. This article, though written almost two years before, was shared by many on my social network feeds in the hopes of shedding some light on just why late-term abortion is necessary. The author Natalia Megas starts off the article by referring to a statement given by Donald Trump about doctors ripping a child from a mother's womb just before birth. She goes on to give statistics as to why this statement just isn't true. Late term abortions are rare, and not only are they rare but when they are necessary it is not because the mother wants it to happen...it is usually because the child is not viable or the mother's life is at risk. The author then goes on to share the stories of three women who had to go through this exact thing. The stories are heartbreaking and hard to read, but after reading them you cannot deny that these women wanted these babies and aren't the stone cold murderers that some want you to believe.
I really appreciated the time the author took to write out these stories. This is an understandably sensitive and heated subject, but I think the purpose of the article does it's job in bringing awareness and compassion to the reality of late-term abortion and why it needs to be legal. I also appreciate that she gives plenty of statistics to back up her claim and thus making the article more credible. As someone who grew up being very black and white about this issue, it was stories like the ones shared here that really made me understand the bigger picture, and realize that most issues have gray areas.
