What Is Abortion?
What is abortion? Is it the killing of a defense less child or is it
the freedom of a woman. In the case of the latter, it is easy to see how
abortion can be very beneficial for the mother. Perhaps she is a teenager who
is too young and too scared for such an awesome responsi bility or perhaps she
simply does not have the resources for or want another child. The situation
becomes more complicated when the father of the fetus wants the baby. Does the
father, whose very DNA was transferred to the fetus, have any right to determine
whether the mother receives an abortion or is the decision totally that of the
mother, who must endure the nine month pregnancy and the birthing process as
well as any lingering physical or psychological effects.
Even if abortion is considered the killing of a defenseless child, serious
and difficult questions cannot be avoided. Certainly, it is illegal and immoral
to kill a week old baby; but can the same be said of the......
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