want the child around, so they kill it. Why are people not punished and why isn’t it illegal.
One of the major reasons people say that abortion should be legal is for the victims of rape and incest. These people
are victims and they should be treated as such. They were a victim of a horrible crime and they won’t forget that, but
using this as an example to justify abortion is not valid. These types of instances only account for a total of 1% of all
abortions. People in this situation should be allowed exceptions to rules, but you cannot use it to justify abortion
when it is only 1% of the people who get abortions. The majority of the women who use abortion are not victims,
they decided not to use protection or had sexual contact with a contraceptive and they won’t take the responsibility
of their actions. They just think that it would be easier to kill the child so they don’t have to own up to their mistake.
The other major debate is whether or not the fetus is a “human” at the time of abortion. As of now, the US does not
classify the child as a human during the abortion. This would classify the abortion as homicide because homicide is a
human killing another human. During the pregnancy, the child is determined to be a fetus and not a human. It does
get tricky though. Science and medicine say that a person is defined by its genetic make-up. Medicine and science
have also proven that the fetus gets almost all of its genetic make-up at the time of conception. So wouldn’t that
make the fetus a human? Secondly, the US law states that abortion is legal up until 24 weeks of pregnancy. That is
almost 6 months. Science has proven that the fetal period begins at about the 8 week mark. This means that by this 8
week mark, the fetus has developed and almost all of its human parts are developed. Almost no new structures will
form. It also proven that the fetus has a small brain and can feel pain and vibrations. It also has a vague hearing and
senses. This sounds like a person, but some say that it is just a fetus. Keep in mind, this is still only at 8 weeks,
abortion is legal until 24 weeks. That is a lot of time for the fetus to be developing. At the 24 week point, the baby is
very developed. It is a little over a pound in weight and its hearing is well established. Its hands and feet are forming
prints and the lungs are getting ready to breathe on their own. There is also a very good chance that this child could
survive if born at this stage. With proper medical attention, a child born at 24 weeks has an 85% chance of survival.
At this point you can also kill this child. Since abortion is legal at this stage, the mother could decide to kill this
thinking, hearing, and ready to breathe child who has a great chance of survival even if is born early.
Women across the country say that the option of abortion is safety for the health of the mother. Before abortions was
legalized in 1973, there were many women doing illegal abortions without proper medical attention. This would
leave some women maiming themselves permanently, getting diseases, or even killing themselves. Pro-life activists
say that if abortion, is banned, women will go back to these old methods and hurt themselves. This may be sad, but
you have to look at the other side. For every woman that is killed or maimed, thousands of babies are being killed.
The ratio doesn’t exactly equal there. The other health issue is that some women simply cannot carry a child due to
some medical abnormality or other physical aspect. It could hurt them or the baby. Advocates for abortion thrive on
this like the rape victims. Here is another great statistic that goes along with this. They say that some women need an
abortion because of health reasons, either for the women or the child. In another survey, only 6% of all abortions
were due to this reason. That leaves the majority of the abortions from people who simply don’t want the child.
There is also the idea that these women do this because they are low income and simply can’t afford the child or give
it a good home. This is not true. There are hundreds if of government agencies that are designed for this reason
alone. They are there to help low income families survive and women have several options to choose from. There is
also adoption. Many women decide to go the abortion route because they simply don’t want a child. For this reason
and others, women go and kill the child when there is the option of letting it live a healthy life with a loving family.
There are thousands of loving healthy families in the US that want children. Some can’t have them because of
physical problems and other like to adopt to give an unprivileged child a good home to grow up in. These are
wonderful people that should be happy and get help too. Why kill a child when there are numerous would-be parents
out there that could provide the child with a wonderful home to grow up in? It is senseless murder.
What is basically boils down to and is the biggest argument that both sides look at is the women’s right to choice.
Women who are in favor of abortion say that it is their body and they should have the right to choose if they want to
carry the child of they opt to have the abortion. The pro-life option is that yes it is the women’s body, but there is a
child inside her that should have a choice and a chance to live as well. The women did have a choice when she
decided to have sex and conceive the child. Just because she doesn’t want it, does not give the right to kill a child.
Like stated earlier, we all have choices, but some actions are illegal and we can be punished if we decide to commit
these acts. Killing an unborn child is just like killing one that is alive. Both of them have a future and have a chance
at a long successful life. No person has the right to take that away from someone. We can’t just kill our child after it
is born because we don’t want it anymore, so why should we be able to do it to an unborn child? Women still say
that they need to have the right to choose. What about the right of the child to choose. Shouldn’t they have a say in
whether or not they want to live a long life. One person should have that kind of control over someone. To decide
whether a person lives or dies is not a decision a person can have. That is only the decision of a higher being.
Women use this excuse of “it’s my decision” to help cover bad choice and bad decisions on their part. It a women
does not want a child; she needs to use proper contraceptives if she is going to be sexually active. A lot of women
don’t and then they get themselves pregnant. They use the abortion as a scapegoat for their own poor decision
making. They can just pass it off now. It is time for them to step up and take responsibility for their actions.
Abortion in the US is a legal form of murder. Every year, over a million babies are murdered and it must be stopped
now. We have discussed in this essay that fetus are living humans and not something that can just be disregarded. An
unborn child is still a child and he or she needs an opportunity to grow and live a long successful life just like all of
us have gotten. Abortion can’t go on any longer. More and more live are lost everyday.