Graffight
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I was formerly pro choice because I believed that no woman intended to kill babies. It always sat wrong with me to demonize mothers, because I didn't believe their intent was to kill innocent children.
As i have researched the topic I have found that there is only one central topic that is important to issue. What is the unborn? If it is not human life then it can be discarded, willi nilli, no problem. However if it is then the reasons generally given for abortion are not sufficient justification. The reason I say this is the only important issue on the subject of abortion is simple, If my daughter were to come up behind me and say "daddy can I kill it" my first question would be what is "it". If it's a bug...that might be fine, but if it's her sister...well that's another story.
In the same way we have to make our decision about abortion based on whether or not the unborn is human life.
First I we can know that the unborn is human life for many reasons.
1) because it has it's own DNA completely separate from the mother/father.
2) If allowed to let grow naturally it will never turn into anything else but a human, and species reproduce after their own kind (though sometimes it may die due to natural causes...but everybody does that eventually)
3) Under the law in any other circumstance if it is killed against the mother's will it is considered murder.
4) It metabolizes nutrients and transfers them to energy
5) It has it's own brain, lungs, heart and blood that are totally distinct from the mother
6) It responds to stimuli
I believe abortion should be illegal because all arguments try to disqualify the unborn from being life for one of 4 reasons. The S.L.E.D. argument was very compelling to me.
S ize/physical appearance
L evel of development
E nvironment
D egree of dependency
All 4 of these reasons are invalid reasons to take the life of an human being.
The one and only instance in which I would allow abortion would be if the life of the mother is in danger. This would be considered justifiable homicide, and would be justifiable under the law in other circumstances...these types of abortions along with rape and incest related abortions only account for less than 5% of all abortions. These abortions are really not the issue.
Another reason I'm against abortion is because it has the same effect on the African American community as eugenics. African American women account for 38% while only making up 13% of the female population. Abortions are had primarily by lower economic class citizens, and this is a huge problem.
As i have researched the topic I have found that there is only one central topic that is important to issue. What is the unborn? If it is not human life then it can be discarded, willi nilli, no problem. However if it is then the reasons generally given for abortion are not sufficient justification. The reason I say this is the only important issue on the subject of abortion is simple, If my daughter were to come up behind me and say "daddy can I kill it" my first question would be what is "it". If it's a bug...that might be fine, but if it's her sister...well that's another story.
In the same way we have to make our decision about abortion based on whether or not the unborn is human life.
First I we can know that the unborn is human life for many reasons.
1) because it has it's own DNA completely separate from the mother/father.
2) If allowed to let grow naturally it will never turn into anything else but a human, and species reproduce after their own kind (though sometimes it may die due to natural causes...but everybody does that eventually)
3) Under the law in any other circumstance if it is killed against the mother's will it is considered murder.
4) It metabolizes nutrients and transfers them to energy
5) It has it's own brain, lungs, heart and blood that are totally distinct from the mother
6) It responds to stimuli
I believe abortion should be illegal because all arguments try to disqualify the unborn from being life for one of 4 reasons. The S.L.E.D. argument was very compelling to me.
S ize/physical appearance
L evel of development
E nvironment
D egree of dependency
All 4 of these reasons are invalid reasons to take the life of an human being.
The one and only instance in which I would allow abortion would be if the life of the mother is in danger. This would be considered justifiable homicide, and would be justifiable under the law in other circumstances...these types of abortions along with rape and incest related abortions only account for less than 5% of all abortions. These abortions are really not the issue.
Another reason I'm against abortion is because it has the same effect on the African American community as eugenics. African American women account for 38% while only making up 13% of the female population. Abortions are had primarily by lower economic class citizens, and this is a huge problem.