Summary Of Abortion By Carolyn C. Gargaro

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In a book about opposing viewpoints about abortion, Carolyn C. Gargaro states that, “Now, I cannot think of any doctor that would kill a newborn baby the moment that it was born. My question is, now, can that baby be killed a minute before it is born, or a minute before that, or a minute before that? You see what I’m getting at. At what minute can one consider life to be worthless and at the next minute that life to be precious?” (Williams 38). Clearly, there is not a single minute that one can consider life to be worthless. Every minute after conception, a baby is forming because that baby is alive, and every life is precious. Abortion is like closing a book before it is opened, before it is published, before the story is written. Abortion …show more content…
In a book about opposing viewpoints of abortion, Carolyn C. Gargaro states that, “the fetus is a completely separate life from the woman. It has a completely different blood type and genetic code; it is not just a part of the mother’s body. Just because the unborn is dependent on the mother for nine months…should not deprive a helpless human being the fundamental right to live” (Williams 39). There are numerous people living on this earth that are dependent on someone else to care for them. If someone killed them, that would be considered murder. What is so different when it comes to a helpless, unborn baby? Each individual person has a different blood type, and a different DNA, so does a fetus. A fetus is a living being. Getting rid of the fetus would be ending the life of a living being. Abortion is the ridding of a fetus. Abortion is ending the life of a living being. That is exactly what Pro-Life advocates think. Zoran Minderovic, the Prime Minister of Croatia, wrote in his article about abortion saying, “‘pro-life’ forces define abortion as murder” (1). Because the Pro-Life campaign believes that abortion is murder, they do not support abortion. Benjamin J. Stein, a Pro-Life supporter, made a statement about the violence of abortion saying, “Now, I want to be the first to admit that not everyone sees abortion as the ending of a life…They see the baby in the sonogram looking like a baby and they don’t believe it’s a baby. They see the baby …show more content…
The answer to this question lies within the debate of whether the baby inside the womb is alive or not. Numerous studies prove that there is life inside the womb. Since any and all blastocysts and fetuses have life, getting rid of them would be killing them. Abortion is explained as getting rid of the fetus, so abortion is ending the lives of the fetuses. Many religions also like to point out that everyone, born or unborn, is special in the eyes of God, and should not be killed. Additionally, there are countless reasons why abortion should be seen as a choice. This can be seen as being for and against abortion. Even when given the choice to have an abortion, some choose not to because they believe abortion is

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