Why Is Abortion Wrong
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Abortion is a highly debatable issue in the world today. Abortion is the procedure to kill an unborn fetus. Sadly, abortion is one of the most common medical procedures performed in the world today. The US Supreme Court legalized abortion in the well-known Roe v Wade decision in 1973. Presently, there are about 1.2 million abortions performed each year in the United States. (Abortion) While many people believe abortion is right; I highly disagree. Abortion is wrong for the reason that it is murder, the fetus feels pain during the procedure, and an unborn child has rights too.
Abortion is murder. It is murder because it is the killing of a vulnerable fetus. Even unborn beings are even considered human beings by the government of the United States. The federal Unborn Victims of Violence Act was passed to protect unborn children from assault and murder. The law states that anybody killing or attempting to kill a fetus should be punished for killing or attempting to kill another human being. (abortion.procon.org) In the Sixth Commandment of the Bible's Old Testament, it states in Exodus 20:13 "Thou shalt not kill", applies to all human beings, …show more content…
“According to Kanwaljeet J. S. Anand, MBBS, DPhil, Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology and Neurobiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, "If the fetus is beyond 20 weeks of gestation, I would assume that there will be pain caused to the fetus. And I believe it will be severe and excruciating pain."” (abortionprocon.com) By the time a baby is conceived, he or she is recognized by God. The bible verse Jeremiah 1:5 shows that God recognizes the fetus: "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee..." [133]. (The Holy Bible) Sometimes the procedure is done with an intra-amniotic injection of the drug digoxin, which stops heart activity in the fetus before the second-trimester
Abortion is a highly debatable issue in the world today. Abortion is the procedure to kill an unborn fetus. Sadly, abortion is one of the most common medical procedures performed in the world today. The US Supreme Court legalized abortion in the well-known Roe v Wade decision in 1973. Presently, there are about 1.2 million abortions performed each year in the United States. (Abortion) While many people believe abortion is right; I highly disagree. Abortion is wrong for the reason that it is murder, the fetus feels pain during the procedure, and an unborn child has rights too.
Abortion is murder. It is murder because it is the killing of a vulnerable fetus. Even unborn beings are even considered human beings by the government of the United States. The federal Unborn Victims of Violence Act was passed to protect unborn children from assault and murder. The law states that anybody killing or attempting to kill a fetus should be punished for killing or attempting to kill another human being. (abortion.procon.org) In the Sixth Commandment of the Bible's Old Testament, it states in Exodus 20:13 "Thou shalt not kill", applies to all human beings, …show more content…
“According to Kanwaljeet J. S. Anand, MBBS, DPhil, Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology and Neurobiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, "If the fetus is beyond 20 weeks of gestation, I would assume that there will be pain caused to the fetus. And I believe it will be severe and excruciating pain."” (abortionprocon.com) By the time a baby is conceived, he or she is recognized by God. The bible verse Jeremiah 1:5 shows that God recognizes the fetus: "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee..." [133]. (The Holy Bible) Sometimes the procedure is done with an intra-amniotic injection of the drug digoxin, which stops heart activity in the fetus before the second-trimester