The History of Abortion

The history of abortion’ is more complex than most people realize. There has been a lot of debate in the past few years about abortion being murder/not murder. Abortion has become illegal in most states. There are several women who believe in “pro-choice” which means they want to have a choice taking care of the baby. I, personally, believe abortion is murder. You are killing a fetus that is going to be born within months and they don’t have a choice.

A big argument against this is that “if the fetus is not capable of making choices, then it’s not a human yet”. What about people in a coma? Should we kill these people too just because they can’t think or make choices? Where do you draw the line? Another big argument is that the baby doesn’t have a heartbeat so it’s not considered a human. These are both ridiculous arguments and they go both ways. What about people with a pacemaker who have to use it for a heart. Should we kill everyone who has a pacemaker or artificial organs? Unborn babies are considered human by the US government. The federal Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which was enacted to support unborn children from assault and murder.

Life begins at conception, so unborn babies are human beings with right to life. Upon fertilization, a human individual is created with a unique genetic identity that remains unchanged throughout his or her life. This individual has a fundamental right to life, which must be protected. To accept the fact that after fertilization has taken place a new human has come into being is no longer a matter of taste or opinion. The human nature of the human being from conception to old age is not rocket science, it is plain experimental evidence.

If women become pregnant, they should accept the responsibility of having a child. People need to take responsibility for their actions and accept the consequences. Having sexual intercourse, even when contraceptive methods are used, carries with it the risk of a pregnancy. The unborn baby should not be punished for a mistake made by adults. If women are unprepared to care for their children, they should at least put them up for adoption.

Even if the woman wants to get an abortion, the guy might not want her to get one. It’s his child too and he deserves to see his child and the woman shouldn’t have the right to take that away for him. Also the family might want to keep the child. The baby should also have the right to see his/her family.

Here are a few abortion statistics: approximately 887,000 abortions took place in 2016, which is roughly 26,000 less than 2015, in 2014, roughly 19% of pregnancies ended in abortion, in a 2013 report, the United States had the 10th highest amount of abortions out of all the countries, in 2015, unmarried women accounted for 86% of all abortions, in 2015, nearly 70% of all abortions were by women of 29 years of age and younger, also in 2015, over 40% of all abortions were by women who have had at least one abortion before, another study in 2015 showed that black women were 3.5 times more likely to have an abortion than white women. One big argument was that people who have been raped may want to get an abortion. Statistics for 2015 show that less than 0.5% of all raped women got an abortion. 25% of all women who get an abortion claim they got one because they were “not ready for a baby”, but they were financially able. All of these women could have very easily taken responsibility and at least put the child up for adoption.

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