How Abortion Is Murder

Every individual defines pain differently, so “without interrogation, we cannot know for sure what the fetus feels” (British Medical Journal). As we know, asking a fetus if it feels pain is impossible, and assuming that they do could be wrong. Considering these statements, abortion cannot technically be called murder. Fetuses are not self-aware, rational, or attentive like humans. From a religious standpoint, I understand why people consider abortion murder. A fetus has the potential for life, and that they consider that potential life a real life. However, stretching this idea farther, sperm also have the potential for life, but many of these people are not against sex or masturbation. Fertilization has not yet occurred, but the potential is still there. According to scientific evidence, a fetus has a fifty to seventy percent chance of becoming a feasible human being. These chances are relatively high, but not a guarantee, and not yet a life. One cannot kill something that is not yet alive.

But we know a little bit about murder, and the differences between murder and other forms of killing. And murder, in the way that we define it in all other instances, involves theintentional death of another human person. Even if we were to assume that every embryo or fetus were just as sentient and just as much of a person as any other human being, an argument that is not

Furthermore, abortion is seen as murder by many individuals (reason #7). I strongly agree with this statement even if fetuses supposedly can’t feel pain but that is still killing an individual’s own child. Although, if the doctor tells you the baby wont be born healthy (brain dead or deformed) then you can get an abortion (reason #6). This is a situation that is possible, but people should not abort there own baby based on the assumption that it could be deformed.

There are many ways to Abort, kill. One form of abortion is to cut the fetus into pieces with serrated forceps before being removed, piece- by- piece from the uterus by suction with a vacuum aspirator. Another form consists of bringing the fetus feet first into the birth canal, puncturing its skull with a sharp instrument and sucking out the brain tissue. The body parts are lettered instead of being called what they truly are, (arm, leg, head etc.). This is way sugar coat the procedure of abortions. The remains of the fetus or embryo, as the case

Thou shalt not kill; one-tenth of what may arguably be the most famous guidelines of morality in the western culture, and also the main driving force for pro-life advocates. The argument supporting their beliefs typically starts with the premises that a fetus is a person, and to destroy or to kill a person is unethical. Therefore abortion, the premeditated destruction of a human being, is murder, and consequently unethical. I deny the fact that the fetus, what I will refer to as an embryo up to 22 weeks old, has the right to live. The opposing argument is invalid because a fetus, although perhaps a part of human species, is not formally a person. This leaves it simply to be a part of the woman?s body, whose fate lies solely in the

Most people don’t realize this is murder because they haven’t seen the baby yet and haven’t realized it was alive. The opposite side may say that the baby isn’t a “human” until it's out of the womb, so it’s not considered murder.A baby’s life starts in the first 2 weeks, in these weeks the genetics are formed. (“Abortion”). Between 2 and 9 weeks, 90% of the body is already formed and the heart starts to beat. The brain, internal organs, eyes, nerves, and muscle movement in arm formed as well. Once they are 10 weeks old, their heart pumps blood, their facial expressions form and the body is sensitive. In 12 to 16 weeks, the legs and arms can move together, nervous system forms and eye movements are made. When it reaches 18 weeks, it develops pain sensory, and cerebral cortex. In 20 weeks, the baby can now sleep, wake and hear noises like normal babies. After 24 weeks, it develops tastes, and now has a 80% survival rate if it is born now. (“Abortion”). This is considered murder because the baby can do everything a human can do, it's just still in the womb. Over 90% of abortion clinics let you have abortions up to 13 weeks where the eye movement takes place. (Bailey 7) Abortion clinics offer abortions after 20

Abortion is the ending of pregnancy before birth and is morally wrong. An abortion results in the death of an embryo or a fetus. Abortion destroys the lives of helpless, innocent children and is illegal in many countries. By aborting these unborn infants, humans are hurting themselves; they are not allowing themselves to meet these new identities and unique personalities. Abortion is very simply wrong. Everyone is raised knowing the difference between right and wrong. Murder is wrong so why isn’t abortion? People argue that it is not murder since the fetus being destroyed is not living, breathing and moving. Why is it that if an infant is destroyed a month before the birth, there is no problem, but if

Abortion in the United States has been and remains one of the most contentious issues in western culture and politics. Traditionally, an abortion is defined as the expulsion of a fetus from the uterus before it can survive on its own. This may comprise spontaneous abortion, which is often referred to as a miscarriage or induced abortion, in which someone – the woman herself, a layperson, or a doctor – deliberately causes the abortion. The term is commonly used to refer to the induced abortion, and this is the abortion, which has been filled with controversy. Although the procedure has been legal in the United States since 1973, the culture war continues to rage on with supporters and opponents struggling to gain ground in public opinion, legislatures,

I agree completely that the fetus, or the human embryo, is in fact a living being. Moreover, human embryo is the “same” as human beings except, the difference between these two is that the embryo is not a full human person because the fetus is not fully developed yet. Every new life, whether it be animal or human, begins at conception. With this being said, no matter what the circumstances of conception, no matter how far along in the pregnancy, abortion, in my opinion, always ends the life of an individual human being.

     There is plenty of scientific evidence detailing the processes that start with a sperm and end up with a newborn baby. Yet, some people believe although it is scientifically an actual life, a baby forming, it is still not significant enough to allow the law to make its murder unlawful. In spite of the evidence science can make available to us, it still cannot tell us whether or not the fetus has a soul, or if a zygote has a full set of human rights. Nor can it tell us whether or not an ovum or sperm are people, or when the products of conception become a person. Most importantly, science cannot tell us if abortion is murder.

A long on-going subject that has been greatly debated in our society is abortion. Many people argue that because the baby in the mother’s womb is not alive, aborting him or her is not considered a murder. However, others say that as the baby’s heart and brain are the first things to develop, the baby is technically alive and killing it would be a murder. As soon as the baby has a heartbeat, it has life. Abortion has many characteristics of a murder, including the killing of one human being by another, it’s unethical, and it is done without the consent of the person.

“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 also in some eyes was a sin according to the bible it says “thou shall not kill” thus prohibiting people from harming others and their selves. But arguments in accordance with the preceding quote argue the question when does life actually begin? Some argue that life begins at conception while others argue that life does not exist until the fetus lives outside of the mother. Also if we go as far as to say a fetus is a human, then we mine as well call the sperm or an egg a human, so should we ban birth control all together since we are killing a “human” (abortion 3) ? When one makes a statement that abortion is murder they usually argue that by time most women decide to do the abortion the fetus already has a heart, brain, circulation, and other body arts that a “human being” has outside of the womb. Another arguing point is that how can society accept the death penalty which is a sentence of punishment by death, but be opposed to abortion, that is hypocrisy.

Since 1973, when it became legalized, abortion has been of the most controversial ethical issues in America. In the court case of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court came to the conclusion that women have the right to privacy which includes the right to having an abortion. This ruling has caused many controversies and millions of people throughout America protest against abortion every year. Abortion is an operation of other intervention to end a pregnancy by removing an embryo or fetus from the womb. Since its ratification, more than forty-eight million unborn children have been killed by means of abortion in the United States since the Roe vs. Wade judgment (Abortion in the United States).With abortion outlawed, these lives could have been

“If we accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill each other? Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, rather, to use violence to get what they want” -- Mother Theresa