Liz Kleemeier

In the following viewpoint, student Liz Kleemeier argues that abortion should not be an option for pregnant teenagers. As the product of an unplanned teenage pregnancy— she was adopted at birth—she contends that the life of an unborn child is well worth the hardship that a teenage mother faces. She maintains that more pregnant teenagers should consider putting their babies up for adoption, rather than having an abortion. Kleemeier is a student at the University of Dayton in Ohio.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. What are two of the arguments the author suggests abortion rights advocates offer to protect the legality of abortion? 2. Why does the author claim that rape and incest are not sufficient reasons to abort one’s child? 3. Why, according to Kleemeier...