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The Pros And Cons Of Abortion

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There have been 1.72 billion abortions in the last 40 years. Abortion is murder, it’s the killing of a child. It is a damaging experience for both the female and male. Very commonly, people misunderstand the reasons for abortion, thinking that in some cases, there’s no other choice. There are alternatives to getting an abortion. Abortion should be illegal for any and all reasons. Though people may think that abortion is right at the time it’s not. According to the federal “Unborn Victims of Violence Act”, the unborn are members of the species homo sapiens, which means they are a person. The act also states intentionally killing or attempting to kill an unborn child should "be punished for intentionally killing or attempting to kill a human being”. Abortion is the killing of an unborn child. Since this is a law, why isn’t abortion illegal yet? …show more content…

A 2002 study published by the Southern Medical Journal of more than 173,000 American women found that women who aborted were 154% more likely to commit suicide than women who carried to term. Men also experience damage. In the MEL magazine, a 53 year-old man, David Eigenberg, is quoted saying “I was angry at the universe, and at times, that anger got turned toward my wife, which I feel [bad] about. I didn’t have tools to navigate my anger, so we ended up going to couples’ therapy and I started taking an antidepressant.” Deciding to have an abortion is a big decision and results a big regret for most people. If the decision to abort a child causes pain to the mother and potentially father, should it still be

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