Abortion is Murder. In some situations, people believe that “unborn babies are considered human beings by the US government. The federal Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which was enacted "to protect unborn children from assault and murder” ("Abortion ProCon.org"). However, other people believe that unborn babies are considered a fetus and not a human. Once the egg has been fertilized the fetus has a …show more content…
According to WomensCenter.com “One woman dies every 7 minutes around the world due to an unsafe illegal abortion. Women who undergo illegal abortions are those who are very poor and do not have access to family planning facilities for education and prevention of unwanted pregnancies” ("Abortion Statistics”). Nearly 50% of pregnancies are unplanned ones, and 25% of those are aborted. There are close to 42 million abortions a year and 21 million of those are done illegally. Also, about 2% of women who are aged 15-44 have had an abortion. About 88% of abortions are done within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. A little over half of all abortions performed in the U.S. are done before 8 weeks of pregnancy. “6.7% occur between 13 and 15 weeks, 3.5% occur between 16 and 20 weeks, and 1.1% of abortions occur at 21 weeks or greater.” ("Abortion Statistics”). As you can see here, abortions are very dangerous and can even kill you if it is not done the proper