Ever inevitable
Abortion safety should be priority

It is easy to fall under the guise of invincibility when in college. The normal stories of crime, death and pain are few and far between in the “safe confines” of campus life.

But from time to time, there are stories of bad decisions that need adequate attention in order to not multiply the problem.

We would love to think no one is having unprotected sex on campus, but that is unreasonable.

We would love to think no one is having sex while intoxicated at college parties, but that is unreasonable.

We would love to think no one is getting pregnant before they are ready for the responsibility, but that too is unreasonable.

In the same sense that calls us to realize people will make bad decisions while in college, we realize that if someone wants an abortion, she will find a way to get one.

Therefore, the choice to have a safe and sanitary abortion is a necessity. Further advancement in technology and medicine regarding abortions is also necessary.

It is far better to allow a woman to go to a medical doctor in an immaculate clinic to discuss options and to have an abortion performed than to force a woman to go to a “back alley” to have an abortion performed with a coat hanger.

While the Skiff editorial board is split on the ethical controversy abortion creates, we are unified in the belief that despite laws, abortions will always happen.

Along with bad decisions, people are impacted by things that are seemingly unfair. Sometimes pregnancies can threaten the life of the would-be mother, and some are a result of incest or rape.

Without the choice of abortion, the guise of invincibility could easily be replaced with the knowledge of vulnerability. And the lack of stories about crime, death and pain could be replaced by mass coverage of tainted campuses.

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