Abortion is Not Ethicial Essay - 729 Words

When one thinks about a topic with many opinions and views, abortion come to mind. Is it murder if the child is not born yet? Abortion is one of the most controversial topics in the United States. Mother Teresa said â€Å"If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people to not kill each other? Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want.† Some may think it is ethical to snatch the life away from an unborn baby. A baby is like a fresh start, a new beginning. It can be something! He can be a doctor and cure cancer or a peace activist and end world violence. With the right guidance a baby can be anything, and do everything. Babies are†¦show more content†¦A fetus cannot breathe yet, but it can move, and think, and eat, and it has feelings. There are many things a human being needs to feel alive, but only one thing we need to actually be alive, a beating heart. At six weeks gestation a fetus has a heartbeat. So how are they not alive? Pro-choice abortion is the belief that women have the right to choose to abort a baby from their body. The pro-choice view is that a baby does not have human rights within the mothers womb. However, whose choice should really be protected? The mother who no longer wants her baby, or the baby who wants to live and be alive. By calling those still in the womb a â€Å"fetus† and those outside the womb a â€Å"baby† it is easier for a woman to abort their un-born baby. Some women are driven to abortion. Rape, incest or even poverty are just a few reasons women believe abortion is ok. They think it’s their only choice and they just cannot have a baby they cannot afford, or was forced inside of her. Should abortion ever be ok, even under these circumstances? Should a baby with a disability not to deserve to live? At what point should even the extreme need of an abortion not be ok? Babies can live outside the womb around twenty-three weeks. At this point it should no lo nger be abortion, it is murder. There are circumstances where pro-choice can be ok, but should we be able to decide whether killing a baby is ok or not?