An abortion or procured abortion, involves the woman being injected with anaesthetic and then the neck of the womb opened, the doctor then uses a suction tube and removes the fluid of the woman. Then he takes hold of what is knife like, and rips the unborn child from limb to limb. At this point there is an apparent “Silent Scream” from the child. The head is torn from the body and the head is crushed and removed from the womb by a pair of forceps. This is the end of the procedure, and also the end of a life. In some abortions, not many near the end of its original birth, the baby can be aborted when the woman is given a number of drugs: then a hormone injection-prostaglandin is administered. This begins labour and the baby is delivered through the vagina-dead.
I believe that life begins when the babies’ heart beats for the first time. This is because blood is what makes the bodies most vital organs work it also carries the hormones from emotion. Naturally life begins at conception. At the 3rd week the heart begins to beat regularly and the first foundations of the nerves system begin to evolve. By the end of the 7th week the skeleton and muscle structure is present, while fingers, toes and ears are complete. Milk teeth can be recorded. After 8 weeks all the major organs are working, after 18 weeks the child is well formed and this is a very exiting time for a family. 20 weeks shows the growth of hair upon the head and the baby weighs about 500 grams.
Many people who are in favour of abortion have many reasons why they think it is acceptable. For example, they think that if they know a baby is going to be handicapped, there is no point in having it why? A handicapped person can still lead a happy, creative and fulfilled life.
“Contraception is never a hundred percent reliable” they say if society to day concentrated on new forms of contraception and/or helped single mothers by providing counselling abortions wouldn’t be needed.
“What if a woman doesn’t want a baby ever? Shouldn’t we respect that?” is another question raised. Just because you don’t want or need a baby, it does not give you the right to kill the child. It is discrimination against the week.
“A foetus is only a potential human” yes it is a potential human, you are killing it and this is a form of infanticide.
“But society has always had some form of abortion available.” Yes this is true but isn’t society not now concentrating on improving the quality of life?
The bible also contains some verses concerning the taking of life and about god creating us.
