Abortion - a Procedure Performed to End a Pregnancy Before Birth Occurs

“Two hundred and ten million women throughout the world become pregnant. Twenty-two percent end in abortion”(Alters). Abortion is also called “induced abortion” is a procedure performed to end a pregnancy before birth occurs. Abortion was elegized however Roe V. Wade Trails changed abortion to legal. Abortion should be illegal because it is taking a life and there are other options that can be considered.

Abortion should be illegal because in the bible the Lord “views children as a gift or heritage from the Lord and childlessness was seen as a curse” (Anderson). Also, “ for you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be” (Psalm 139 vs. 13-16)” (Anderson). Therefore, how can u kill a creation of God when God made each one of us so fearfully and wonderfully made. In the of Exodus chapter twenty the Ten Commandments states the that “you shall not murder.” That is the sixth commandment in Exodus. “Death is defined as the cessation of heartbeat and the heart beat is formed by the eighteenth day in the womb” (Anderson). Therefore, abortion is considered as murder. Another argument against abortion from the bible is in genesis 1: 26-27; 5:1; 9:6 “ human beings are created in the image and likeness of god. Bearing the image of God is the essence of humanness. And though God’s image in man was marred

at the fall, it was not erased (cf. 1 Cor. 11:7: James 3; 9). Thus, the unborn baby is made in the image of God and therefore fully human in God’s sight” (Anderson). This verse

means that everyone has a soul. At the point of conception everyone has a soul and an unborn baby is morally accountable and fully human. Therefore “killing an unborn baby would carry the same penalty as killing a born baby. A baby inside the womb has the same legal status as a baby outside the womb”(Anderson). Abortion should be illegal.

There are also medical arguments against abortion. “In 1871 American Medical Association report found that 20 percent of all pregnancies were deliberately terminated”(O’Connor 59). “Opponents to abortion also raised the controversial issue of fetal pain. Intrauterine manipulations are painful to the fetus” (Anderson). Abortion causes pain to the mother and causes pain to the baby and causes stress to the mother. “Women have died from botched abortions, both before abortion was legalized and after, when it is supposed to be safe” (Foster). Therefore abortions are unsafe and should be illegal. “An abortion can result in medical complications later in life; the risk of entopic pregnancies doubles, and the chance of a miscarriage and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease also increase” (Anderson). When a person gets an abortion their chances of having another baby are slim or a women might