Can Abortion Be Justified?

Abortion ends a human life.

One of the major arguments used in an attempt to justify abortions surrounds the right of a woman to do whatever she wants to do with her own body.  Is an unborn baby actually a part of a woman's body or is the baby a separate individual attached to the mother's body for life support and nourishment?

There are some facts concerning this argument that even a layman can understand:

• The blood type of the unborn child may be different from the mother and the body cannot function with two different blood types.

• The genetic markers (cells) of the unborn baby are genetically distinct from the mother

• There is a good possibility the unborn child will be a male, obviously the mother is female

• There are cases where the unborn child has died and the mother survived

• There are cases where the mother died and the unborn child survived

In the case of People of the State of Calif v. Scott Lee Peterson, Scott Peterson was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife.  Since his wife was pregnant, her death also resulted in the death of their unborn child.  Mr. Peterson was convicted on two counts of murder, one for his wife and one for his unborn child.  There should be no doubt that the legal system in this case considered an unborn baby to be a person and a separate individual.

Evaluating U. S. Abortion Laws

Abortion laws must change to protect human life.

Just the mention of the word "abortion" can very quickly result in very heated debates and discussions with no real winners and yet the losers are always innocent babies.

We seem to have become a nation in which we no longer desire to pattern our lives and behaviors around our existing laws, but always want to change the laws to justify a pattern of how we want to live and behave.

We invent terms in an effort to make our cause seem believable or just. A good example of this inventive spirit are the terms "pro-life" and "pro-choice", both of which are highly detested by this writer. These four simple words have actually divided a nation and there seems to be no end to that division. So, just who are these people?

 

The "Pro-Choice" Abortion Philosophy

This group feels very strongly that a "woman" should have the "right", under the law, to kill the baby inside her if she believes the baby is causing damage to her health, interfering with her career, is the wrong sex, is causing a strain on her relationship, is an unwanted child, or any other reason of convenience. This group also feels that the woman has the "right" to keep her baby if that is her "choice". So, basically, this group will vote either way.

 

The "Pro-Life" Abortion Philosophy

This group feels very strongly that since "life" is the basic right given to all of us by our Constitution and since a baby, even while inside the womb, is a human being at the very beginning of "life", killing that baby is wrong and should not be legal under our laws. Many people in this group also feel that a woman's medical care, while pregnant, should totally be controlled by her doctor and not by attorneys and the courts, since many times medical complications will arise requiring tough decisions by the mother, the father, and the doctor.