Abortion - Murder or a start to a new life As of 2014, 652,639 abortions are performed each year (MMWR). ¨An abortion is a medical or surgical procedure that deliberately ends a pregnancy before an embryo or fetus is born.¨ (Abortion). So bascically an abortion is a medical procedure that purposely ends a pregnancy before the birth of the child. Those who support abortion, trust that fetuses do not truly become a person until they are physically born and that babies should not come into the world unwanted or unloved (Abortion). Not to mention, supporters of abortion firmly believe that having an abortion is a woman's right and that it can not be taken away (Abortion ProCon). On the other hand, according to Opposing Viewpoints, those who
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In other words, if a woman wants to have an abortion, that is a right that a woman earns and only that woman can make the decision on if she wants to obtain an abortion or not. For example according to procon.org, woman have the right to control their own bodies and make decisions according to what they want to do with it. A woman's body belongs to them, so they have the choice of doing whatever they want to their bodies and have it not be anyone else's business what they do with it (Willie Parker, MD). Research proves that around 18 years after abortion was legalized, the crime rate began to drop. When women have the open and accessible option of abortion, the crime rate is reduced by a significant amount (Abortion reduces crime). In the end, an abortion is a woman’s right and the Fourteenth Amendment protects any woman who legally want to have one …show more content…
In other words, when a women undergoes an abortion, challengers of abortion trust that it is a wrong and it is considered a murder (Abortion is Murder). Therefore, according to Archdiocese of Baltimore, when a baby is conveyed, the DNA from both sides of the parents gets passed down to the child and is considered an individual (Abortion is Murder). When a woman becomes impregnated, the US Government actually considered the unborn child a human being. So, the DNA that makes up the embryo, specifies that the child is a person. Just 18 to 21 days after the baby is conceived, they start to develop a heart beats, and around 40 days after fertilization, brain waves can start to be detected, meaning that it is becoming an unborn living baby (Unborn babies can feel pain). This means that if a women undergoes an abortion, they are performing a murder because they are killing a human being. This is a mistake that two adults made and they are punishing the child for their mistake. All in all, doctors perform murder everyday when they perform an abortion because they took a hippocratic oath that states, that will not take lives away by performing an abortion. (The original text of the Hippocratic Oath). Which also means that everytime they give an abortion, they are performing murder and breaking their
In other words, if a woman wants to have an abortion, that is a right that a woman earns and only that woman can make the decision on if she wants to obtain an abortion or not. For example according to procon.org, woman have the right to control their own bodies and make decisions according to what they want to do with it. A woman's body belongs to them, so they have the choice of doing whatever they want to their bodies and have it not be anyone else's business what they do with it (Willie Parker, MD). Research proves that around 18 years after abortion was legalized, the crime rate began to drop. When women have the open and accessible option of abortion, the crime rate is reduced by a significant amount (Abortion reduces crime). In the end, an abortion is a woman’s right and the Fourteenth Amendment protects any woman who legally want to have one …show more content…
In other words, when a women undergoes an abortion, challengers of abortion trust that it is a wrong and it is considered a murder (Abortion is Murder). Therefore, according to Archdiocese of Baltimore, when a baby is conveyed, the DNA from both sides of the parents gets passed down to the child and is considered an individual (Abortion is Murder). When a woman becomes impregnated, the US Government actually considered the unborn child a human being. So, the DNA that makes up the embryo, specifies that the child is a person. Just 18 to 21 days after the baby is conceived, they start to develop a heart beats, and around 40 days after fertilization, brain waves can start to be detected, meaning that it is becoming an unborn living baby (Unborn babies can feel pain). This means that if a women undergoes an abortion, they are performing a murder because they are killing a human being. This is a mistake that two adults made and they are punishing the child for their mistake. All in all, doctors perform murder everyday when they perform an abortion because they took a hippocratic oath that states, that will not take lives away by performing an abortion. (The original text of the Hippocratic Oath). Which also means that everytime they give an abortion, they are performing murder and breaking their