Abortion
"What I did was wrong. Not knowing what my child will look like eats a part of me every day. I don't cry, I can't cry because its too late. I made that choice and now this is the torment I live with day after day. I will regret that decision for the rest of my life. I will never be the same person again. I have changed. If I could turn back the hands of time I would have NEVER had that ABORTION. I killed my own child...an innocent child and I hate my self for it. I wish someone could take this pain away from me...but the truth is no-one can. This life is a test, and I failed it. I see myself as a murderer. A murderer who doesn't kill evil people...a murderer who kills innocent lives....a baby's life. Thats what I'll see for the rest of my life." This quote was said by Zara on the website heinvites.org.
Websters dictionary defines abortion as the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus. Approximately 1.37 million abortions are performed each year. This means that every day roughly 3,700 women make the choice to kill their baby, according to Mark Graber, the author of the book Rethinking Abortion in 1999. THE ETHICS OF ABORTION PRO-LIFE VS. PRO-CHOICE, by Robert M. Baird in 1993 said that about 58% of abortions are performed before the 9th week of the pregnancy, 78% of abortions are done before the 10th week and only 4.3% are performed between 16 and 20 weeks. I am going to explain to you why abortion should be illegal.
For the commonplace I think that both sides of the argument would agree that life is a very precious and it should be valued and not taken for granted. One of the issues that are argued is when is the fetus considered alive, or a real human? According to Webster’s dictionary, alive is defined as growing, developing, maturing, and replacing its own dying cells. It means not being dead. According to abortionfacts.com on the day of conception the inherited...
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