Abortion in Canada - A Crime Against Humanity

Abortion in Canada - A Crime Against Humanity

Every year in Canada, over 100 000 murders never reach the

courtroom.1 They never reach the courtroom because they are completely

legal. Abortion continues to grow across the world, hurting and killing

children, as well as their mothers. Abortion is immoral, harmful, and actions must be taken to stop it.

When a woman aborts, she is not only killing her child but is also

harming herself. Legal abortion is the fifth leading cause of maternal

death.2 Ten percent of women undergoing abortion suffer immediate

complications, and one fifth of those are consid ered life threatening.3 Teenage aborters are at an even higher risk.4

These serious conditions include infection, embolisms, convulsions,

hemorrhage, and endotoxic poisoning.5 By having an abortion, a woman

doubles her chances of getting breast or cerv ical cancer. Every consequent abortion increases these chances.6 Physical damage, however, is merely the beginning. Aborted mothers will also suffer many psychological effects as well. These include nightmares,

hysterical outbreaks, feelings of immense guilt, and fear of punishment from God.7 In fact, aborted women visit doctors for psychosocial reasons 180% more than other women.8 Abortion may seem like a quick fix at the time, but there can be many and harsh

consequenc! es.

Yet even if a mother is willing to accept the consequences, she is

taking away a human life. Purely biologically speaking, it is undeniable

that a fetus is a human, and an individual. at the moment of conception,

the fetus has a DNA that is different from his or her mother. By three weeks, the baby's heart is pumping its own circulatory system with a blood type different from its mother.9

Doctors measure the end of life by brain death. It is then reasonable to

say that the beginning of life should be at least measured by the beginning of brain life. By six weeks, an unborn baby's brain waves can be recorded by an electroencephalogram (EEG).10 Between six and seven weeks, the unborn baby will respond to external stimuli, such as touching his or her face.11 While many people believe that a fetus is merely a mass of flesh, and is not nearly as complex as a human, this is completely untrue. By eight weeks, all of the body systems are present, and by eleven weeks, still i! n the first trimester, all of those body systems are

functional.12 In fact, the body of an unborn baby is more complex than