Should abortion be legal

The fact that sex can lead to procreation and the process of a pregnancy being natural does not negate the fact that a woman still has the right to decide what she wants to do with her own body and as far as a responsibility to that life I do not agree especially given the fact under law the moment that baby is born the mother can give that baby to the state and claim no responsibility for the child. "Second, there is a difference between letting someone die and purposefully killing them. As I said earlier that the unborn are healthy and in no way need to die unless you deliberately rip them apart limb by limb and kill them." They may be healthy but they are in no way able to sustain their own life. If the fetus came out of the womb unharmed it would still not be able to live on its own. It could not be feed by any means. It could not be helped to breath by any means or any other bodily function. One does not have to tear the fetus apart for the fetus to die outside the womb. "There is nothing natural about abortion, you don't see abortions happening in the animal kingdom." This is false statement. We see many examples of infanticide in the animal kingdom especially in mammals. For example, baboons, dolphins, golden eagles, hyenas, bees and lions to name only a few. I am sure if they had the same capabilities as humans did they would take a similar road from time to time. Just because women"s uterus function is to support a baby still does not mean that a baby can occupy that uterus without the women"s consent. A women"s pregnancy can drain a lot of energy and nutrient from a women and can do damage even long term damage to a women"s body. Before modern medicine dying in child birth was not an unlikely option. Even with modern medicine it is still a remote possibility. Being pregnant is not some under the radar event that a woman has to or even should be excepted to do if it is not something she chooses to undergo. Yes, a women"s body can support life if she chooses to do so but it is her decision. The definition of a parasite is "an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment. a person who receives support, advantage, or the like, from another or others without giving any useful or proper return, as one who lives on the hospitality of others." So despite the fact that it is natural to get pregnant and the uterus function is to support a baby the baby is by definition a parasite. A parasite desired by many yes but still in definition a parasite and in life and death situations it is the default position to save the mother not the child in a pregnancy. It can in very rare cases even be necessary to have an abortion to save the mother"s life. "Lastly I'd like to quote Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta " if we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?"" Again there is a difference between deciding the fate of your own body and simply going up to another and killing them. Margaret Sanger said "No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body." thank you for the debate and for viewing your thoughts and ideas. It was a pleasure.