Abortion Essay, Research Paper

As of right now, abortion is legal in all nine months of the pregnancy for any reason. This controversial issue is a question of how important the value of life is. The turning point came in 1973 when the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe vs. Wade saying, that women have the right to murder an innocent child only up to 24 weeks . This false perception is fueled part by groups supporting abortion rights and it is then uncritically unaccepted by the media. The fact is that the current law allows a woman to get an abortion for any reason she deems necessary.

It seems ironic that a people can get so emotional when it comes to animal rights, yet see no wrong in ripping a developed baby from the protection of the mother. It is not the child’s fault that he or she was conceived. Some people argue that the developing is not technically a child yet because it cannot live on its own. Most of the procedures in murdering the growing child can be painful to the baby and be harmful to the mother. So how can we as a nation make sure criminals are executed painlessly and let children be murdered by extremely painful measures. At 18 days after conception, a baby’s heart is already beating, and at 6 weeks, brain waves can be measured. At 8 weeks, the stomach, liver, and kidneys are functioning, and the fingerprints have formed. At 9 weeks, the baby can feel pain .

Here are some methods of early abortion:

Vacuum Curettage: powerful suction tube inserted through the cervix and into the womb. The unborn child is torn apart by the force of the suction; the fetal body parts and placenta are sucked into a jar. Possible complications include infection, cervical laceration and uterine perforation.

Mifepristone: also known as RU-486, the chemical causes an abortion by interfering with the function of the placenta, starving the unborn child to death.

Prostaglandins are then administered to expel the fetus. This method of abortion takes place over the span of several days; the average woman using it bleeds heavily for more than nine days, but some women have bled for over four weeks. Mifepristone is just beginning to be used in the US. Long-term health risks are not yet known.

Methotrexate: though not approved by the FDA for this use, a methotrexate injection kills the unborn child by interfering with the growth process (cell division). Several days later, the woman is treated with prostaglandin (misoprostol) suppositories to expel the fetus; the woman then aborts the child at home: It also requires three visits to a doctor to complete the process.

Methods of Late Abortion:

D&E: the cervix is pried open. Using forceps, the abortionist tears the child out of the womb, limb by limb. The child is then reassembled to assure that no fetal parts are left inside. Possible complications include infection, cervical laceration and uterine perforation.

Prostaglandin: also called misoprostol, this chemical, which induces premature labor, is given as suppositories or an injection; live births are common. Hazards include convulsions, vomiting, and cardiac arrest.

Digoxin Induction: involves injecting a lethal chemical directly into the baby’s heart followed by labor induction with prostaglandin. Saline Abortion: a long needle is inserted into the woman’s abdomen, and a salty solution is injected into the amnionic fluid. The salt poisons the child, burning its lungs and skin. A dead baby is then delivered within 24 hours. This method is being used less frequently for abortion due to the serious health risks to the woman.

Hysterotomy: like a c-section, an incision is made in the woman’s abdomen. The baby is removed then allowed to die by neglect. This procedure carries the same health risks as a c-section.

D&X: also known as “partial-birth abortion” this dangerous method of late abortion, termed “bad medicine” by the American Medical Association, involves pulling the baby out feet first into the birth canal while the head remains in the uterus. The abortionist then makes a hole in the back of the skull to remove the brains with a suction catheter. The head collapses allowing the child to be removed in one piece .

700,000 abortions where the child is older than nine weeks are preformed in the United States each year. What is interesting is that 95 percent of the abortions are done s a means of birth control. Only one percent is performed due to rape and one percent is do to fetal abnormalities. The remaining 3 percent are due to the mother’s health problems .

People on the pro-choice side often argue that the child in the womb is not a child until it is born. That has been proven wrong. The child is a person as soon as it is conceived. The moment the sperm unites with the egg, a miraculous process takes place. The cells begin to divide into the genes that will or would make the child unique that would never be duplicated again. How can you say,”It is the mothers choice to have her kid.” You are right it is her choice, don’t have sex. What is a major factor is that most of the abortions are done by women between 14- 24 who have had conceived the child out of wedlock .

We justify killing the innocent children saying that the Earth is overpopulated. No, we are not. If the Earth is getting overpopulated then, why is the standard of living getting better. When we eliminate a child, we could have eliminated a child that could of solved a way to overcome a population problem. It is sad to see this nation fall to moral decay. This nation was founded on Godly principles and as we slowly slip away from the morals that this country was built on, we as a people will experience more problems. The value of human life is much more important than the rights of animals and yet more people believe that the rights of animals is the same as humans. It is not. So then, why does this nation believe the killing of innocent, defenseless human babies is all right? Because they have been blinded from the truth.