A mother kills her baby because it is unwanted, yet she is not charged with murder. ... If a doctor killed a baby one minute after it was born, he would be charged with murder. Yet, if the doctor was to kill a baby before the actual birth, they would not be considered a murderer. ... For those who are pro-choice, what about the effects on the mother? ... Another good point is that it takes three to have a baby; the mother, father, and Almighty God. ...

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To deny abortion is denying the mother certain civil rights. ... The poison was hoped to be just strong enough to kill the fetus, yet mild enough to keep the woman alive. Also, sometimes women would receive physical blows to their abdomen an effort to kill the fetus. ... The case set boundaries and regulations illustrating how much power the mother and state possess in deciding whether to abort a pregnancy (12 Tribe). ... Demented fathers may also rape their daughters, which is called incest. ...

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The poison was hoped to be just strong enough to kill the fetus, yet mild enough to keep the woman alive. Also, sometimes women would receive physical blows to their abdomen an effort to kill the fetus. ... The case set boundaries and regulations illustrating how much power the mother and state possess in deciding whether to abort a pregnancy (12 Tribe). ... Demented fathers may also rape their daughters which is called incest. ... Abortion author Faye Ginsberg states that, never in the history of the United States has the state granted one citizen the right to have another...

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Sperm and egg cells can also be classified as living organisms, however, millions of them are "killed- through the use of birth control or even just by progressing through their own life cycle within the body. ... According to the Canadian Medical Association's Committee on Ethics, a living organism must possess certain qualities to be considered a person - the defining one being a nervous system capable self-awareness. ... Now under Canadian law as it stands fetuses DO NOT have the right to a life , however, let us say that under Canadian law that fetuses did ha...

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It is the mother's duty as a parent to provide for the child the best way possible, and that does not involve abortion. ... "because fetuses are neither rational nor possess the capacity to communicate in complex ways nor possess concept of self that continues through time, no fetus is a person" (Marquis). ... It is unjust to kill and abortion is unjust since one would be killing an innocent person. ... Suppose a woman gets pregnant and was not intending to, and the father does not want to be involved in the child's life at all. ...

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