Abortion is a heavy topic, but when it comes to my views, I am definitely Pro-Life
. Disregarding all other arguments made on this thread, the main question is: At which point does life begin? To the people comparing plants to humans, this is a ridiculous argument because the two are so different and have almost nothing in common. So... what is the definition of life? To Puppychow, telling us your definition of life comes from a textbook is irrelevant. History textbooks use to teach that rock music was evil and belonged to satan. The number one thing that defines life is growth. The argument can be made that as adults we are all dead because we are not growing anymore. False, our cells are exponentially multiplying as you read this. When life ceases to exist, cells stop growing. So when does a human's life truly begin? Well.. when does it start to grow? At conception... to say that even a two week old fetus is not alive is absurd. If it's not alive, then how is it growing? Some have argued the same thing happens when a person gets cancer or a wart. The difference from a fetus and a tumor is that a fetus is a natural growth. A tumor is not. This bring me to my next point. Some would argue that a fetus is not a human.. that would only be half correct. The fetus isn't an animal, some plant, or any nonsense garbage like that. If the fetus is not alive or if it isn't human, then why does it have human DNA the moment it is conceived. It is a human at a different stage of life just like you and I.
Justifying abortion because a women was raped is just plain and simple... wrong. Why take another's life because something bad happened to you? Or.. some have argued that the child would be a constant reminder of that traumatic event. Ok.. so put it up for adoption, problem solved. Nothing justifies taking another persons life.
Some people even decided to play the overpopulation card. As a resident of the U.S., I can freely say we are nowhere near that, and even if we were, killing millions of unborn children is not the solution. I'm sure we would have more room in our country if we enforced our borders and got rid of all the illegal immigrants.
So according to some people, it is only a human if it can feel pain. So it's not a human because it hasn't developed a nervous system yet? This must justify some people's opinion for abortion. What about people with Familial Dysautonomia? Are they not human? Just because a child hasn't fully developed, does not give you the right to kill it. That is an absurd argument.
One in four children are aborted. Think about it. How many people have we killed that found the next cure for cancer? How many Einstein's have we killed? How many world leaders have been aborted? Who knows.. but at least a few. When a baby is aborted, you are not only killing one human. You are killing the children that child would have had. AND the children their children would have had.. and so on. Abortion is always wrong. No matter how you put it. I'm sure all of your opinions would change if your mother decided to abort you.
