Why Should Abortion Should Be Illegal?

As stated by 10 Reasons Abortion Should be Illegal by listland, “Dr. Nathanson, an early proponent of abortion became a pro-life campaigner after he saw 12-week fetuses shrink from instruments and open their mouths in a scream during an abortion” (listland). Abortions happen every day and there are unborn babies shrinking in fear during an abortion by the hour. We don 't often think about abortion in our day to day lives, but when we do it is probably something along the lines of there was a baby and now there isn 't. The fetus has a body and a brain, and are not much different than us, and had there not been an abortion they soon would be. There are so many abortions a day, thousands of them (Giratikanon). That is thousands of unborn babies …show more content…
While this is true, there are many options for people who may struggle to make ends meet after becoming a parent. Some of these options include: food stamps, child support, low-income energy assistance, unemployment compensation, Medicaid, and paid parental leave. Paid parental leave, as stated by Work and Income, “is a government funded payment for eligible working mothers while they take parental leave from their job(s),” (Work and Income). With all these options in mind, people who think that they are not financially stable enough to become a parent and see abortion as their only option are not correct, seeing as there are many options to help them make ends meet if things get rough after having a child. Another argument often made from the opposing side is that a woman has the right to do with her body as she desires. However, after conception, her decisions are no longer just hers and have an effect on another human being. It is not the woman 's right to take another human because she would then be taking away her baby’s fundamental human right to