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Essay / Abortion is Abortion - 1171
On any normal day, if you were to kill another human being, you would be greatly punished for your crimes, even put to death for your actions. So what makes unborn babies less important than anyone else? Rather, we should go above and beyond to ensure that these babies are cared for properly because they are unable to help themselves and when the mother does not want the baby to fight for his life. Even if the pregnancy was unwanted, unplanned, too early or simply a mistake, the baby's life is still at stake when we start talking about abortion. Others might fight for the right to terminate the pregnancy before the baby has a heartbeat, but even if there isn't a heartbeat yet, there will be and we don't we have no right to withdraw it. The last argument from the opposing camp that I would like to discuss is the assumption that abortion is safer than childbirth. Numerous articles and studies have demonstrated that abortions are not dangerous for the mother. Linda Lowen's article states that "the vast majority of women – 88% who have an abortion do so in the first trimester and medical abortions have less than a 0.5% risk of serious complications." (Linda Lowen p. 2) So, “many women will use this as an excuse or reasoning for terminating their pregnancy.” In my opinion, much progress in