Abortion

Abortion is the right women have when a pregnancy is unwanted. The number one .
             reason for woman to get an abortion in the United States was simply that they were concerned .
             about how having a baby would change their entire life. Other reasons include just being too young and not being financially ready to take on a child (Roleff 105). .
             Pro-life activists believe that killing any human is morally and religiously wrong, but when does the egg become a human? Medical textbooks and scientific reference work constantly argue that human life begins at conception (Alcorn 51-54), but many disagree. Dr. Sloan, an abortion physician says, " An embryo or a tiny fetus can only exist inside a woman's body. It can't live outside the uterus and it gets everything it needs from the mother, but it was never viable, therefor it could never exist on its own and it is not a human (Roleff 42-43).
             Another argument made by the pro-life community is the argument that abortion is murder. Murder is defined as, " the unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice" (www.dictionary.com). Abortion is not murder because the fetus does not yet exist. "The unborn is an embryo or a fetus- just a simple blob of tissue, a product of conception- not a baby. Abortion is terminating a pregnancy, not murdering a child" (Alcorn 63). Byron Carrier of Human Quest says, "I wonder if people realize how big a fertilized ovum is. Half an inch? A quarter-inch. It is less than the thickness of one of your hairs! That's not a baby" (Roleff 43). How could aborting an ovum be murder? Going with this you could say that setting mouse traps or getting your dog sprayed for ticks is murder, your still murdering a life source. What makes these animals so insignificant?.
             Finally, many pro-life activists believe that rape is not justification for abortion. They believe that it is wrong to kill a child for their father's wrong doing.