Exploring The Moral Dilemma of Abortion

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Imagine this, you have just found out you are pregnant and you’re far from ready to have a kid. You could be a teen, a victim of rape, a one night stand, it could be a multitude of reasons. You think to yourself, should I terminate this pregnancy to make my life easier? This is a question many women have with themselves or even a friend or family member. Abortion has been around for centuries, it even dates back to the BC era, but just recently during the 19th century abortion became a huge social and moral issue. You can find website after website on the internet talking about how abortion is a bad idea or a good idea. There are so many reasons to back up both sides of this huge argument. What I believe though is always going to stick with the bad idea side. My number one argument against abortion is religion. I believe that once egg meets sperm in the womb and even before this has happened, a life has begun. If you take the bible for example there …show more content…

The US government has an act on killing an unborn child. This act states that; “Whoever engages in conduct that violates any of the provisions of law listed in subsection (b) and thereby causes the death of, or bodily injury (as defined in section 1365) to, a child, who is in utero at the time the conduct takes place, is guilty of a separate offense under this section.” (Cornell University Law School , n.d.) The act is basically stating that if one kills an unborn child, one is killing a human being under federal law and is guilty of a murder and should be punished otherwise. I believe this is true because if you kill an unborn child, the child is still a living human being just like everyone else. If someone was to kill another human they would be punished for their actions. This goes hand in hand, an unborn child is just the same status as a born human being. Whoever you kill whether born or unborn innocent children should be punished for murder of a human

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