According to the World Health Organization, there are about 40-50 million abortions in a single year. Doing the math, this equals to approximately 125,000 abortions daily. W.H.O. also states, nearly half of pregnancies in the U.S.A. are unintended and twenty-two percent of these are terminated by abortion; that equals to four in ten of these pregnancies. Abortion is one of the most controversial social issues that has been debated for decades. Over past centuries, women’s reproductive practices, especially abortion, attracted the attention of a wide range of people. This includes medical professionals, religious groups, legal experts, politicians, scientists, women's rights organizations, and various other groups and individuals taking a strong …show more content…
First, abortion is the termination of an unborn child. Whenever a child is in its mother’s womb many claim it is not considered a child, however the child inside the womb is as much alive as the kids playing on the playground. The definition of life according to Webster’s is “the vital and functional being from a dead body.” A fertilized egg, over a time span of four to six weeks will have a heartbeat and begin to eat, sleep, and move. Upon fertilization, a human individual is created with a unique genetic identity that remains unchanged throughout his or her life. This individual has a right to life, which must be protected. Jerome Lejeune, the French geneticist who discovered the chromosome abnormality that causes Down syndrome, stated that "To accept the fact that after fertilization has taken place a new human has come into being is no longer a matter of taste or opinion... The human nature of the human being from conception to old age is not a metaphysical contention”. Another strong argument is the fact that women should not be able to use abortion as a form of contraception. It is immoral to kill an unborn child for convenience. The Guttmacher Institute reported that half of all women having abortions every year have had at least one previous abortion, while 8.5% of abortions reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2010 were undergone by women who had three or more …show more content…
However, in most cases, abortion may only be a temporary fix to these issues, and can in fact create only more problems. At the time, abortion can seem easier to allow the mother to finish school, or not disappoint her parents, however they fail to realize that most parents are more accepting then they would imagine. Colleges these days help young mothers a lot and want them to succeed just as much, if not more than any other student. There is not justifiable excuse as to why one should kill their child. There are solutions and ways around having a child and the mother’s world to not fall apart. If that option doesn’t seem like it would work, adoption always falls as second choice. Another excuse given is that the mother cannot provide a good life for their child, therefore, instead of a struggle or disappointment, they decide to get rid of the situation as if it’s never happened. How is it fair to just give up on a life like that when it could simply be provided a good life when put up for