The High Cost Of Abortion

26 seconds pass, and a baby is dead. In the time it takes to brush your teeth, three babies have been aborted. In the United States alone, in just one day’s time, 3,315 unborn babies have had their lives taken from them before they really even began (Guttmacher Institute). As more and more women terminate their pregnancies, the depravity of this injustice is growing in depth and scope. As we have recently learned through media, the lengths that some abortion companies go to with these procedures are unthinkable. These unborn children have suffered an atrocity that no one deserves. Abortions have been performed for much longer than many recognize. In every society studied, abortions have been quite common, and they were even common in America …show more content…
Every American has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Abortion takes away the right to life by killing innocent, unborn babies. Abortion takes away the right to liberty by removing any ounce of freedom that an unborn baby could grow up to experience like the rest of us. Abortion takes away the right to the pursuit of happiness by ending any chance to pursue dreams, goals, love, joy peace, and success. Abortion puts the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in someone else’s hands. Every person should have the power to determine his or her own life and whether or not he or she will live to experience it. As a Christian, I believe that life begins at conception and that aborting a baby at any stage of the pregnancy is wrong. I also believe that the farther along the pregnancy is and the more viable chance a baby has to survive outside the womb, the more unethical it is to terminate the pregnancy. I cannot fathom having the ability to justify intentionally performing an abortion at a stage and in a manner that ensures successfully harvesting organs and tissues for profit. As a human being and as a believer in Jesus Christ I am ashamed of the legalization and practice of abortion in our