Abortion, the termination of a pregnancy, is a highly controversial issue in today's society. The 1973 court case of Roe verses Wade ruled that women have the right to terminate a pregnancy by abortion within the first six months. What the Supreme Court considered in this case was the 14th amendment and a woman's right to privacy. However, they did not consider the moral side of the issue or the damaging affects abortion has on a woman. Do women really need the freedom to kill a baby inside of them because of their own selfishness and do the risk factors out weigh the goal? Terminating a pregnancy is not only morally wrong; it causes physical and psychological problems for women as well. .
The fifth commandment that God has given us is "thou shall not kill." There are women that will argue that life doesn't begin until birth. Obviously these are the women that have never felt the joy of a baby kick inside them or the wonderful sound of the heartbeat of an unborn child. An embryo's heart begins to beat at only 22 days past conception, before most women even know they are expecting (Willke, 1998). The fact that life begins at the moment of conception is not an opinion; it's the truth. For this reason, unborn children, like all citizens of the United States, should be protected by the "Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" amendment in our constitution. Pope John Paul II once stated "To destroy these innocent unborn children is an unspeakable crime. Their right to life must be recognized and fully protected by law." Unborn babies have just as much potential as anyone walking the earth. To deprive them of that chance by .
murdering them is not only a crime against them, but against our entire world. To kill someone who could have been as great of a leader as Pope John Paul II or Martin Luther King, Jr. is an outrageous act that must be stopped. .
The second reason abortion should be illegal is because of the physical dangers it places on a woman.
