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.