Abortion: Is It Murder?

Abortion has been one of the most popular and argumentative topics that has still yet to be settled. Ultimately the question we can ask when trying to solve this issue is whether or not pregnant women should have the right to kill an unborn baby. Abortion is the ending of a pregnancy before birth takes place and is a moral wrong. Can we as a society call ourselves human if we allow the deaths of unborn babies to take place? Those who take the side of pro-choice or as also known as pro-abortion often use statements concerning life, humanity, human rights and freedom to support their claims. I believe abortion should be illegal because we as a society must protect the human lives that are in danger whether or not they are in their first

For recent years, people start to deny abortion and stated it as cruel and murder. While it does involve remove fetus or embryo from the mother and kill the baby before it was born, it might not be the worst thing that can happen to the baby. Most people who chose abortion is either can’t afford to have a kid or unable to take care of them. It was one of the case, while other concern about their right as a person. Some might say the baby have right to live, while others believe the mother have right for herself to do what she want to her body. The debate on abortion is not about who right, but it about the consequences of their action.

Abortion has been a very controversial issue in the United States for the past several decades. Many people think that is it morally wrong. To say that something is morally wrong is an opinion. Since everyone’s opinions are different on this topic there have been many court cases and protests against abortion. However there are a lot of people out there that believe that abortion is a rightful decision. My personal opinion on the abortion controversy is that every woman should have the choice on whether or not they are ready or are capable of raising a baby. Although there are many different choices one can make with regard to whether or not they are ready to raise a child, like adoption, it is still ultimately the woman’s decision on what they want to do. Carrying a child is a very stressful and sometimes painful process. There are a lot of financial decisions, health decisions, and future decisions that have to be carefully thought out before becoming a parent. Parenthood is a life-altering step one must take in life, and abortion is one way that a women can postpone or avoid changing their life in a very extreme way.

Though people may think that abortion is right at the time it’s not. “The killing an innocent human being is wrong, even if that human being has yet to be born. Unborn babies are considered human beings by the US government.” (by abortion procon.org). Killing an innocent child is wrong. In most cases, women become unhealthy most of the time after getting an abortion, not to mention the child. People will say it’s “woman’s choice”, that doesn’t mean it’s right to murder a child.

Did you know that out of the 50 states, Texas is ranked number 4 in total abortions performed according to AGI Data (Texas). Abortion is defined as “removal of the embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy” (Dictionary.com). To end an innocent child’s life using rather horrific procedures is not only unethical for the doctor to execute, but morally wrong. There are lots of questions surrounding the topic of abortion and some of those include: Is a developing fetus a human being in its early stages? What effects does abortion have on people afterwards? Is killing a fetus considered murder? What about abortion in rape cases? Although the number of abortions is high, that number has definitely been going down every year.

How would you feel if someone took away your ability to live? Imagine not having any say in whether or not you want to have a life. Well babies don't have a choice in their mother’s womb. If a woman decides to abort her baby, they can't do anything about their life being taken away from them. Their whole future is demolished. I believe abortion is wrong when committing it for a selfish reason.

One reason women may choose to have an abortion is they don’t have the financial resources to support themselves or a child. By allowing women to make their own reproductive choices, it will allow women in poverty stricken situations to choose what they feel is right. A study from The University of Massachusetts at Amherst conducted on Oct. 2010 found that women at all income levels earn less when they have children.

What is abortion? Well some say it’s the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. Maybe it’s when the pregnancy is ended so that it does not result in the birth of a child known as termination birth (www.bpas.org) and last but not least from the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, they state that “abortion is ending a pregnancy before the fetus (unborn child) can live independently outside the mother.” Either definition you choose to identify with these denotations has left the discussion open for a hot debate on abortion. Some people feel that this issue is neither right no wrong, just simply a “to each his own” idiom. Those who are for abortion tend to believe a woman has a right to decide what goes in her body and if she is capable of bringing life into this world; and on the other side there is an equal fervent opposition that killing an innocent unborn baby is wrong and unjustly; murder of first degree of an helpless baby. In this national debate there comes a fine line between what is humane and what is inhumane. For the most part it is immoral and physically wrong to kill an unsuspecting child because of self-desires and accidental child conceptions. Abortion is wrong when committing it in a selfish act because of irresponsibility.

Trying to prevent and discounting the abortion law in the United States will not help women. It would make matters worse for women. We have to protect women’s rights. Women have the right to decide their future. Those trying to restrict and illegalize abortions are not considering certain issues that women face. Woman have abortions for many and different reasons. Some of these women have to

On the other hand, there are the couples that think that they already have enough kids and cannot afford to have another one. About sixty percent of abortions are performed on women who are already mothers (Induced Abortion in the United States). In addition, abortion has become increasingly concentrated among poor women. Many women choose abortion because they are already at the poverty level; 42% of women that end the life of a fetus by aborting live below the federal poverty level (Induced Abortion in the United States). Unemployment, separation from a partner, falling behind on rent/mortgage, and/or moving multiple times are some disruptive events that lead many poor women to choose abortion (Moore).

“There are nearly 1.2 million abortions performed in the United States each year” (Operation Rescue, 2014). That was 1.2 million innocent lives that were ended before they even had a chance to begin. Abortion has been legal for decades now, and it is time to put a stop to all the murdering of unborn children. This senseless killing of an unborn child needs to be recognized for what it truly is, and that is legalized murder. Abortions should be made illegal in the United States because it is taking the life of an innocent person, there are other options out there and lastly abortions are not only harming the unborn child but also cause harm to the mother.

Abortion is defined as “The removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end the pregnancy” (dictionary.com). However, if only the debate over the abortion issue was as easy as the definition listed above. However, similar to most things in life, a statement or opinion is never right nor wrong, but simply left open for clarification. Those who are against abortion believe that abortion is the murder of innocent human beings who aren’t given a chance at life and the ability to function as a normal individual. However, those who are for abortion believe that it is a women’s right to choose what she does to not only her baby but

In this world there are millions of people, we all have different opinions and trains of thought. Abortion, this is a topic you either support or don’t. There are so many people that do not think that abortion is right. Murder, most of the time we hear that word when people speak of abortion. “Killing an innocent, unborn child is cruel” (http://abortion.procon.org/view.answers.reader-comments.php?questionID=1447) says Jamie N. as she expresses her opinion about abortion. Abortion is wrong in many different ways, some call it selfish, some call it cruel, and many call it murder. Your mother gave you the chance to life; she did not kill you while you were still in her womb just because she did not want you. If

Is Abortion wrong. Personally I don’t it is, but in this paper I will point out both sides and let you formulate your own opinion. Abortions are one of the many things that everyone has a opinion on. Defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary an abortion is, " the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus as a spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus during the first 12 weeks of gestation-marriage, the induced expulsion of a human fetus, or the expulsion of a fetus by a domestic animal often due to infection at any time before completion of pregnancy.'' This topic is so controversial that which everyone will not agree upon it created two groups.

Many may claim that life begins as we form in our mother’s uterus. (According to prolife physicians.com) human life begins as we are able to adapt, reproduce, organized, have energy etc. Does this really define that we are able to still take a life that has never displayed these actions but will. Many people will agree that during every abortion and innocent human being is killed. They also stop to think that when does life begin or is abortion just abortion. According to pro-choice network human life begins as a baby / fetus begins to breathe on its own without the mothers support (Pro-choice network).