Fear drives us all

A classmate of mine recently brought up the fact that fear drives the country. I do too believe that fear will drive us all. If you fear something will happen, you are more likely to try to avoid it. Instead of living life the way you want to and just doing whatever makes you happy. People have become so much more uptight with the things that they do in an every day society. Where as before, no really cared that much. Like if we went back to the 70's, yes, people cared, but no one really cared too much about the consequences. If they were going to protest, then they were going to take it all the way and never hold back. Now-a-days, people care more about the consequences of getting caught. Like, what if i'm involved in the protest... what's going to happen if I get caught? Instead of just fighting for the rights of the people and fighting for what you believe is right. People still have opinions but not as likely to express them because we live in a society based completely on fear! What if everybody lived in fear and no one took chances any more? What kind of society are we trying to create in America? I, myself, would much rather try to live life to the fullest and not care whether I get caught for something. If it's right to me then I might as well do it... A society based on fear is a society that takes no chances and doesn't live life the way they should. I do agree with my classmate, the society is completely based on fear and what is it going to lead to? What is our society going to be like in the next generation?

Babies are humans too!!

Many people believe that abortion is O.K. I don't really believe it is, i mean even if it is just a potential human, it is still a human. If two people think they have enough responsibility to have sex then shouldn't they have the responsibility to deal with the consequences of having sex as well?
I do feel that there are some conditions of abortion being alright. Rape is one, considering that would be something that the mother would have to face her entire life if she had the baby. She would end up detesting the baby and not wanting it. So the baby would grow up in a bad condition and probably never know any love from their mother.
If the mom's health is at risk and she would die then i believe it's up to the mother to make the decision on which life she thinks is worth saving... hers or the baby's?
Besides those conditions and maybe a couple more i think that abortion should be illegal. I know teenagers often have sex and get pregnant but i believe that teenagers should go through the pregnancy. Then, after having the baby, they could either give it up for adoption or keep the baby and take care of it. Often times teenage moms cant afford to take care of the baby and believe that just because they cant take care of they baby, they should have an abortion. I think they're wrong. There are plenty of people that would give anything to have a baby of their own but cant have kids. Most of those people look for teenage moms willing to give up their baby to a good home.
The government has made it alright in so many people's heads that its just OK to kill a baby if its not born, its just not right to me! I know things get hard going through a pregnancy but you make the choice to have sex, you should be able to deal with what comes with it!