Why Abortion is Bad?

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Why Abortion is Bad
Abortion is one of the hottest and most contentious issues in the political arena in the West. There has been a heated debate on whether to legalize abortion or outlaw it. Most pro-abortion activists have been labeled dangerous and murderers, showing the debate has been heated for decades and spilled into the political arenaCITATION Del19 \p 1 \l 1033 (Delay and Liger 1). The debate has also spilled into drawing the line and determining at what point does life starts. There are several reasons why abortion is bad.
One of the key reasons why abortion should be outlawed is because it terminates innocent lives. The unborn child inside the woman is oblivious of the circumstances that led to its conception and should be left to grow to term and be born. Terminating the life of an innocent person is akin to murdering another person, which is illegal anywhere on the planet. Therefore, just because a child cannot breathe or feed themselves, they should not be treated as lesser human beings and killed at the woman’s convenience. They deserve a chance at life. If the woman is not able to raise the child, there are many places where the child can be placed for adoption. Many people have made the hard choice to put their children for adoption rather than killing them, and they have gone on to have very good lives. For example, Steve Jobs was given for adoption, and since he was raised in a loving family, he went on to change the world. Therefore, mothers should consider carrying the pregnancy to term and giving the child adoption if they do not want the baby. He/she may change the world someday. Therefore, it is better to give birth and let the child be a blessing to another family where he/she is wanted.
Studies have shown that fetuses can experience pain as early as the first trimester. Before technological leaps that have enabled the more in-depth study of fetuses, a fetus was considered alive when it showed a heartbeat CITATION Hol16 \l 1033 (Holland). Today with more advanced tools, and at eight weeks, long before some women realize that they are pregnant, the fetuses can experience pain through spinal reflexCITATION SWD20 \p 1 \l 1033 (SW and JC 1). Doctors and scientists agree that fetuses can experience pain by week 12. In some extreme cases, 12-week old fetuses have been observed to open their mouths in pain as if to scream when subjected to pain stimuli (Reissland et al. 5). It is wrong to put a child through that pain. Even hardened criminals charged with murder are killed humanely. And just because we cannot feel the pain or hear the fetuses scream does not mean they do not experience pain. Therefore, before considering an abortion, it is important to consider what the victim would be going through.
There are many documented cases where mothers who have had prior abortions have difficulties conceiving. In a study carried in China, the researchers concluded that ‘induced abortion by vacuum aspiration is associated with an increased risk of first-trimester miscarriage in the subsequent pregnancy. Additionally, abortion has increased the likelihood of developing breast cancer (Sun et al.). The risk of cancer increases as the number of abortions increases (Sun et a...