Although abortion was not popular or commonly practiced until its legality in 1970, millions of babies’ deaths have resulted from it solely in our nation since then. As well as being a popular debate topic in today’s world, abortion is also widely practiced in the lives of thousands of American women every month. There are various reasons why abortion is so common and popular ranging from the baby being an inconvenience or distraction in the mother’s life to the more tragic rape case. Although there are many heartrending reasons why a woman might become pregnant, those rare cases do not dismiss the fact that abortion is a form of murder. The claim that having an abortion is murder can be accepted or denied depending on either ones moral
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The first step in arguing for or against abortion begins with deciding when a baby still encapsulated inside of a women becomes an individual owning the same rights as the mother herself. Using the lens and beliefs of a Christian, the individuality of a fetus occurs at conception. From the moment that a new genetic code is formed, the process of a newly crafted individual with a human body and mind has already gone underway. Jeremiah 1:5 says that “before [God] shaped [us] in the womb, [He] knew all about [us]” and He “had holy plans for [us].” The argument that a person is not a person until a body, beating heart and active mind are formed is refuted in this one verse. The verse declares that before we were shaped and physically formed into a body, we had an identity in Him as one of His children same as the mother carrying the unborn child. In Luke 1:15, we are told again that the child is “filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.” If our Creator and Author considers the beginning point of our personhood to be before a physical body is even visible to the scientific eye, then the commonly argued debate that abortion is not murder until the full human body, mind and heart is false. Simply enough, "human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception” (Disney 271). Abortion is an act of murder …show more content…
Although there are many women who consider putting their child up for adoption, the thought of their child growing up and trying to find the parent that did not “want” them is too devastating to handle. Making the decision to put the child up for adoption is a difficult resolution to make, but it gives the child a chance at life and an unknown future. The second alternative for abortion is to keep the baby and become a parent. Unfortunately this option is not nearly as commonly chosen as abortion. Choosing to raise the child over abortion or adoption is a sacrifice of “convenience” and a significant act of selflessness which, in turn, rewards itself: the blessing of a child’s adoration and love. In the case of a teen pregnancy, there are several contributors that help to encourage the mother to keep the baby as her own. “The attitudes, relationships, and support of…people greatly influence a pregnant teen’s decision on whether to undergo an abortion or become a parent” (Yuen 3) and could be the tie-breaker in a baby’s chance of
The first step in arguing for or against abortion begins with deciding when a baby still encapsulated inside of a women becomes an individual owning the same rights as the mother herself. Using the lens and beliefs of a Christian, the individuality of a fetus occurs at conception. From the moment that a new genetic code is formed, the process of a newly crafted individual with a human body and mind has already gone underway. Jeremiah 1:5 says that “before [God] shaped [us] in the womb, [He] knew all about [us]” and He “had holy plans for [us].” The argument that a person is not a person until a body, beating heart and active mind are formed is refuted in this one verse. The verse declares that before we were shaped and physically formed into a body, we had an identity in Him as one of His children same as the mother carrying the unborn child. In Luke 1:15, we are told again that the child is “filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.” If our Creator and Author considers the beginning point of our personhood to be before a physical body is even visible to the scientific eye, then the commonly argued debate that abortion is not murder until the full human body, mind and heart is false. Simply enough, "human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception” (Disney 271). Abortion is an act of murder …show more content…
Although there are many women who consider putting their child up for adoption, the thought of their child growing up and trying to find the parent that did not “want” them is too devastating to handle. Making the decision to put the child up for adoption is a difficult resolution to make, but it gives the child a chance at life and an unknown future. The second alternative for abortion is to keep the baby and become a parent. Unfortunately this option is not nearly as commonly chosen as abortion. Choosing to raise the child over abortion or adoption is a sacrifice of “convenience” and a significant act of selflessness which, in turn, rewards itself: the blessing of a child’s adoration and love. In the case of a teen pregnancy, there are several contributors that help to encourage the mother to keep the baby as her own. “The attitudes, relationships, and support of…people greatly influence a pregnant teen’s decision on whether to undergo an abortion or become a parent” (Yuen 3) and could be the tie-breaker in a baby’s chance of