Many people disagree over the matter of abortion. It is very hard to dicuss and there seems to be no right or wrong answer. Some people say that at the moment of conception, the zygote is alive. Others state that when the embryo is three months old and develops an audible heart beat it is alive. Still others state that only when the child is born it is considered alive.
Abortion is wrong in many cases, and in may be right in others. If a woman is pronounced pregnant after rape, the woman should have the right to abortion. Hundreds of years ago, the unwanted, unborn child was destroyed through poison. If women were not allowed to abort a tragically concieved child they would most certainly find other means of destorying the unborn child. It may not be right, but the woman should be entitled to the decision of abortion or birth after rape.
On the other hand, women who accidentally become pregnant should not have the right to abortion. Pregnancy against one person's will is one argument, accidental pregnancy after consent on both sides is something else. The mother should not be permitted to have an abortion. It is not right to take a baby's life. It is wrong to kill the baby just because it is unwanted. Mothers who decide they do not wish to have the baby should give birth. They should give the baby to another family, put the child up for adoption, or decide to raise it themselves. Who knows? The baby may be the next Albert Einstein, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Jefferson, or Harriet Tubman. If there is an abortion before the child is given a chance at life, we are depriving our society of all of the gifts the child may offer.
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