Since when has it become a capital offense to be less than perfect? What about deformities that are detected after birth... shall we kill these babies too? What if a 10 year old gets a disease that leaves him blind or deformed, or how about a retarded adult, should we kill them too? Just how perfect does one need to be before he is allowed to live?
First of all, rape practically never results in pregnancy, due to the trauma involved. Over 97% of all abortions are performed strictly for personal convenience. What the mother needs is loving support, not added guilt. It's a strange sort of justice that would kill an innocent child for the crime of its father. One violent act does not condone another, God can grant the woman a love for the child or she could place it for adoption. Think about this: if you found out tomorrow that you were a product of a rape or incest, would you wish your mother had aborted you?
Listen to what science has to say. It has been medically proven that the baby's heart is beating 18-28 days after conception. By the 30th day almost every organ has started to form. By 6 weeks he can move his arms and legs. By 43 days his brain waves can be read. By 8 weeks he has his very own fingerprints; he can urinate, make a fist, and he can feel pain. At conception the entire genetic code is present which determines what a person will be like as an adult.
Don't unwanted children usually end up being battered and abused children later on in life?
This is totally untrue. A recent study in California revealed that of 500 battered children, over 90% of them were planned pregnancies. Besides, just because a pregnancy is initially unwanted does not mean that the baby will be unwanted when born. If the parents should desire not to keep the baby, there are hundreds of thousands of couples who are anxious to adopt. Some of these couples have waited 7 years due to the shortage of available babies. Also, abortion adds to child abuse because it cheapens life. In fact, since abortion was legalized, child abuse has risen 500%. Abortion is the ultimate child abuse.
The baby is not part of the woman's body like her heart or lungs. It is a separate person with 46 chromosomes, a separate blood system, and its own unique body parts. Besides, no one has absolute control over one's body by law. For example, a woman may not legally sell her body for prostitution, take narcotic drugs or commit suicide.
Why not? Many laws of our society are "imposed" upon others. For example, it's illegal to steal, to cheat on your income tax, or to yell "fire" in a movie theater. Most every law has a moral basis behind it. The truth is that the abortionists are imposing their morality upon the unborn child.
This question is just a smokescreen argument to cover up the real issues. Because of improved medical procedures the mother's life is rarely, if ever, in danger. In fact, C. Everett Koop, the former Surgeon General of the United States stated, "In my 36 years of pediatric surgery, I have never known of one instance where the child had to be aborted to save the mother's life."
Just because something is legal does not make it right. It was once legal to own slaves.
Should we legalize heroin because people are dying of overdoses? Should we legalize prostitution to curb the spread of venereal disease? Should we spend tax money to buy the rapist a good clean hotel in which to commit his crime? Just because a person puts themselves at risk does not justify our legitimizing an immoral act.
This is only partially true. The vast majority of the American public would allow abortions only for "hard cases" (rape, incest, and severe fetal abnormality), but they would deny abortion for matters of "convenience" (for example, those related to the woman's career or education). The "hard cases" only account for 1-3% of all the abortions performed. Polls that show support for abortion-on-demand often ask, "Do you believe abortion should be illegal under any circumstances?", which skew the results. A recent poll in the L.A. Times showed a majority of the American public agreed with the statements, "abortion is murder" and "abortion is morally wrong."
Until the Roe v. Wade decision nullified every state law restricting abortion, this "right" did not exist. In fact, the constitution guarantees "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" to every person, and only by denying "person-hood" to the unborn was the Supreme Court able to fabricate this "constitutional right."
The rich also find it easier to cheat on income taxes, abuse drugs and bribe officials. The fact that some will find it easier to break the law does not make the law unfair.
They do. There are over 4,000 crisis pregnancy centers nationwide that will provide food, housing, medical care, and counseling at no cost to the woman whether she has an abortion, keeps the baby, or gives it up for adoption. Many other local and national agencies also provide similar services.
In 1972, the year before abortion was legalized, only 39 women died from illegal abortions. According to Planned Parenthood, in 1960, before abortions were legalized, 90% of all abortions were performed by doctors. In fact, deaths due to abortions have not declined any more rapidly since 1973. The "thousands" of deaths cited by pro-abortion groups are obviously fabricated.
There are 2 million coupes waiting for babies to adopt, even minority babies and those with medical problems. For example, when Baby Doe was starved to death in Indiana in 1982, eight couples applied to adopt him, even though he suffered from Down's Syndrome.