Pro Legal Abortion

Obviously a woman should hold the right to terminate the pregnancy or not because it is her body and I do understand your point. However, that is not what we're arguing here. This is about whether abortion should be legal or not, not who holds the rights to allow abortion to be a decision or not. If a woman really wants to kill a child, then let her, but the point is, she should not because abortion should not be legal. You started off your argument in round four by saying that unborn fetuses are unable to feel pain until later on in the pregnancy, how exactly does that claim make abortion ok? Even you just validated the statement that umborn fetuses can feel pain. Whether its during the first timester or the third, an unborn fetus is an unborn fetus so pain should not even be an option. It is worse for an unborn fetus to feel pain when it is developing duing the third trimester anyway because that is when most of its body is being developed so it can survive on your own. Like you said in your last sentence, "a fetus is completely depended and reliable on the mother's mutrients" (1), so if that is the case, the third trimester of pregnancy is still important. How many benefitial aspects come out of aborting a child? If you think that relief or peace of mind is one of them, you're completely incorrect. "A new study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry by leading American researcher Dr. Priscilla Coleman of Bowling Green State University finds women who have an abortion face almost double the risk of mental health problems as women who have their baby" (2). Women do not just walk into abortion clinics then leave ten minutes later whistling a happy song, there are many side effects related to women's mental health that come along with aborting a baby. Yes, it should be the mothers choice to abort a baby, but not only is the fetus impacted negatively, but the mother as well. It is proven that "abortion was linked with a 34 percent chance of anxiety disorders, and 37 percent higher possibility of depression, a more than double risk of alcohol abuse (110 percent), a three times greater risk of marijuana use (220 percent), and 155 percent greater risk of trying to commit suicide" (2). Although one might try and claim that a woman needs an abortion because of her mental or financial struggle already, now she will have an added on weight known as her decision to abort a child. That is not something that you can undo, when you get an abortion you cannot go back. Abortions are serious and permanent and are often very difficult for ex-mothers to cope with. The following passage is an exerpt from a story told by a young woman who chose abortion, "When I got home it finally hit me, and I curled up in my boyfriend"s arms and sobbed myself to sleep. Finally I could get my life back on track, but I felt ashamed, how could I do this? I'd always imagined getting pregnant to be something to celebrate; I didn't get the fairytale. I was back at work three days after. My boss knew but I didn't speak to anyone else. It was very much just 'get on with it'. I would speak to my mum if I was feeling down but then I got so used to spending my time at work putting on a front, I got used to pushing things to the back of my mind. A few months later I had a breakdown. I couldn't handle it anymore and I started the post-abortion counselling..." (3). Abortion is a very huge deal and ruins the life of more than just the fetus. Imagine making a strong decision such as getting an abortion then hating yourself for it for years after because you wish you hadn't done it. Getting an abortion is not just a matter of 'yes' or 'no' it requires a lot of thought and research, mostly pointing toward the conception of the fetus in the end, rather than abortion. Have you ever wondered what happens to a fetus after it is aborted? it is not mourned like a person who lived their entire life. It is not (in most cases) buried like a loved pet. When a fetus is aborted it is taken care of and disposed properly by the hospital staff, and that is disgusting. I read an article online about what aborted fetus cells are used for and it made me want to throw up. It had been proven and uncovered that the Pepsi softdrink company was found using the cells of aborted fetuses in their product as a means to "enahnce flavor". Not only was this uncovered, but the government gave Pepsi an 'Ok' to continue with it afterward. "The Obama Administration has given its blessing to PepsiCo to continue utilizing the services of a company that produces flavor chemicals for the beverage giant using aborted human fetal tissue. LifeSiteNews.com reports that the Obama Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has decided that PepsiCo's arrangement with San Diego, Cal.-based Senomyx, which produces flavor enhancing chemicals for Pepsi using human embryonic kidney tissue, simply constitutes "ordinary business operations." (4). PLEASE try and tell me that this is not absolutely repulsive to imagine as well as read. Using human life, baby ABORTED fetuses in a drink to enhance flavor? Are you KIDDING me? That is repulsive. For this to be a valid occurence and for people to not see anything wrong with this are awful. Abortion is being taken to far, and when legal, has no limits. Abortion being legal has no humane aspect to it, because the whole idea of aborting a fetus is that a fetus is not a human and not an independent source of life. If this is true, then that means that once a fetus is aborted, it is not a human and holds no human rights like any other baby would. This technically means that when the fetus is no longer inside the "host" (I won't even use the word mother because it is so backwards in this case) it's fair game to do whatever with, and that includes putting its cells into softdrinks. Aditional companies also use fetal tissue and cells in their products such as nestle and kraft. So next time you decide to sit down with a bowl of Kraft mac & cheese and wash it down with a pepsi, tell me how that aborted fetus tastes. (1) http://www.nutritioninthewomb.org... (2 ) http://www.lifenews.com... (3) http://www.careconfidential.com... (4) http://www.naturalnews.com...