“But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child - a direct killing of the innocent child - murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?” Abortion should be illegal because aborting a baby can be traumatizing, the mother could possibly die or have severe problems with her pregnancy if abortions aren’t done correctly, and killing a child is murder.
Aborting a baby can be traumatizing, which can lead to self-depression. Abortion can be traumatizing because the mother is witnessing their child being killed. No matter your political views on abortion, the fact of the matter is, the actual experience can affect women not only on a personal level but can potentially have psychological repercussions. Various studies have found that 65 to 70% of women seeking abortions have a negative moral view of abortion. Only 6 to 20% of women receiving induced abortions report that they would have been willing to seek illegal abortions if abortion had not been legal. In a study of …show more content…
Abortion is murder because it involves the intentional killing of an unborn human being. In a survey 53.8% say that abortions should be illegal for this reason or more. Someone surveyed said, “If you have an abortion, they should go to jail because it’s murder”. If you destroy something that is alive, then it's considered murder. No one can deny that it is a murder of the innocent. Medical studies show clearly that a fetus is conscious and is performing all six life processes. Murder is defined as the unlawful killing of one human being by another, especially with malice and forethought. Abortion is defined as induced termination of pregnancy before a fetus is capable of survival as an individual. The definitions alone state that a human being as being