Planned Parenthood By Yehuda Berg

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In a Huffington Post article about the power of words, Israeli author, Yehuda Berg, states that words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity (Berg). Unfortunately, over half a million people will never know the feeling of having such power. In 2012, there were 669,202 abortions in the United States. This is an injustice; abortion should be treated like murder, and should be illegal because it negatively affects society and excuse murder. Within a single moment, a gender is determined, a blood type is assigned, and physical characteristics are created; this single moment is conception. Human conception takes place when two haploid cells, an ovum (the female gamete) and a sperm (the male gamete), combine to form a diploid cell called the zygote. It takes 24-48 hours to complete this process (Pocock); however, per Planned Parenthood, it takes approximately 12-16 days to become pregnant and pregnancy only happens when the zygote is attached to the lining of the uterus (Planned Parenthood). The …show more content…
The U.S. national debt is currently $19 trillion dollars and grossing, and the government provides Planned Parenthood with $528.4 million dollars, which does not include the $257.4 million dollars Planned Parenthood receives from private donors, the $305.3 million from non-government services, and the $54.7 million from other revenue sources (Ross). Although the money they receive from the government seems miniscule compared to the money spent on other government programs, $528.4 million dollars can be used to support school programs that are being cut or families of military troops or adoption agencies who need help providing homes for children. Money is important to companies like Planned Parenthood, but what should be important are the women’s physical and emotional

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