Abortion Is Murder

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The topic of abortion is an extremely controversial issue in today's society, there are many separate views on the morality of it. Abortion is defined as the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy (“Abortion”). In other words, it is the murder of an unborn child. Throughout the past there has been several court cases related to abortion, in attempt to resolve the debate. For example, Roe v. Wade declared that unborn children are neither ‘persons’ nor are they entitled to the same constitutional protection as born children (“Roe V. Wade”). However, Roe v. Wade did not stop both sides for continuing the fight for their beliefs. One of the things a democratic nation is based on is the sacredness of life. So, to take a human life is not acceptable. Abortion without a doubt is murder because a fetus is a human being from the moment of conception, the act of abortion is unjustified, and a fetus in no way parallels a parasite.

The most important issue in the debate over abortion is deciding whether the fetus is a human being or not. Many Pro-choice supporters might argue that abortion is in fact not murder because a fetus is not a human being, which is what the constitution protects. To pro-choice supporters it is merely nothing more than a mass of tissues in a woman’s womb. In reality, a fetus isn’t even close to that. What makes abortion a murder is the fact that a fetus is a human being from the moment of conception (Jones 2) and murder is the taking away of an individual’s human life. Conception marks the beginning of development which is a part of any human beings life that goes on as individual’s age and mature. As researchers claim “there are many developmental stages—early, middl...

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