War against abortion

            
             What do you think about abortion? Most people try not to think about it.
             They wish to avoid the overwhelming horrible reality. Abortion is an intentional .
             violent act that kills an unborn baby. Without any anesthesia, the baby is .
             dismembered, torn apart, and vacuumed out of the mother. In the case of a near-.
             term or partial birth abortion, the baby is turned around and pulled partially out .
             with its head still inside the mother. The abortionist then plunges a sharp object .
             into the back of its neck and vacuums out the brain. This is not a pleasant .
             subject. It hurts to just imagine the horror. However, we must think about it in .
             order to gather the courage needed to end it.
             Abortion is the deliberate killing of the weakest and most defenseless .
             among us. Unfortunately, the practice has been recognized as a fundamental .
             human right for the last few decades. Many people are fanatical supporters .
             of abortion. Their reasons for support are varied. None the less, I believe that .
             support for abortion is not acceptable for we are not God and therefore can not .
             deny the right of life to any human creature. .
             On October 21 2004, with a 64 -to- 34 vote, the senate approved the first .
             federal ban on a specific abortion procedure. Senator Bill Frist who voted .
             in favor of banning abortion expressed, "The legislation we just passed will save .
             lives, we have just outlawed a procedure that is barbaric, that is brutal, .
             that is offensive to our moral sensibilities and it is out of the mainstream of the .
             ethical practice of medicine today." (Stolberg 1). Others opposed and .
             favored abortion; "Congress has turned its back on America's women, their .
             right to privacy, the right to choose," said senator Tom Harkin, "America's .
             women are now second class citizens." (Stolberg 3).
             In respond to senators Harkin comment, I believe that a woman has the .
             right to choose whether or not to become pregnant. She makes that choice .