Why Is Abortion Not Murder

Abortion can be a touchy subject that people argue the fact over if it's right and legal or wrong and should be illegal. Some people feel that abortion is not murder, but there are studies shown that abortion is murder. Although it is the mother’s choice on whether she wants to keep the baby or not, she should think clearly about all of her options. Not only does she need to think about all of her options, but she should realize that this was her actions which had nothing to do with the unborn baby. The definition of abortion says “to terminate,” and to terminate something means to bring it or coming to an end. In the article, ProCon Abortion, some people try to argue their opinion about abortion not being murder and should remain legal. Murder is the killing of a human being, abortion is terminating, or killing of, an unborn human being, murder is illegal but abortion is legal even though their actions are the same. The 14th amendment states that the amendment protects unborn human beings, not harming them and taking their life. …show more content…
Abortion does not prevent suffering, according to the ProCon.org website, it states that fetuses feel pain during the abortion. Kanwaljeet J.S. Anand says,”If the fetus is beyond 20 weeks of gestation, I believe there would be pain acting on the fetus, it would be severe and excruciating pain.” (http://abortion.procon.org/). Within 20 weeks or more, the fetus is more than capable of feeling the pain. A type of commonly performed abortion is called the D and C method, this is a surgical procedure that removes the contents of the uterus by opening the cervix. The pain inflicted on the unborn child at 20 weeks or more is from a type of chemical so the labor will come earlier with prostaglandin or a poisonous salt