Abortion is wrong

Abortion is wrong: To begin my case I will clarify the following definitions, which are all from the Merriam Webster Dictionary - Abortion: A medical procedure used to end a pregnancy and cause the death of a fetus Fetus: A human being or animal in the later stages of development before it is born Death: The time when someone or something dies Murder: The crime of deliberately killing a person I will now begin my case. I will be exploring abortion in three main areas today. In my first area, I will give you reasons as to why abortion is wrong in that it is murder. In my second area, I will give why it is more important to give Fetus"s the choice to live rather than giving woman the choice to have an abortion. Finally, in my third area, I will give you statistics that support my case. Now let"s go to my first contention, where I will give you reasons why abortion is wrong in that it is murder. As my definitions from the Merriam Webster Dictionary can prove, abortion actually is murder. The definition of abortion is a medical procedure used to end a pregnancy and cause the death of a fetus, obviously implying that it is a deliberate choice by the pregnant human. A fetus in a human form is something in the later stages of being born. The heart of a baby starts beating a mere 18 days after conception [1], and as a human gestation period is more than double that time, you are killing something by the time the fetus is formed. The definition of murder states that it is the crime of killing a person, which an abortion does, as I have already proved with little evidence, only definitions. Because we as an American population do not endorse murdering, and believe it is morally wrong, abortion is therefore morally wrong and should not be done. This is where I will give you why it should be important that babies are given a chance to live, instead of woman being given the chance to choose. Let"s start off with the women. When women want to get an abortion, it is obviously because they are pregnant but do not want to have the baby, for various reasons. However, if a women didn"t want to have a baby, they should"ve simply not had sex in the first place. My opponent may argue that many women are raped, and have a right to abort because of this. However, only 1% of abortions are caused by rape [1]. Also, the women who have been raped could simply go through pregnancy and give their child up for adoption, among many other options. Now, let"s go to the children. My opponent may argue that this is a women"s rights issue we are talking about here, and that the whether the child wants to live or no doesn"t matter. However, this is something much bigger, as this is a human rights issue we are talking about here. Here"s a scary fact: Abortion is America"s LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH with more than double the deaths of Heart Disease. Clearly, this is a problem, as we are killing off a whole generation of innocent citizens who could"ve achieved so much more in life. Just imagine if MLK Jr. had been aborted, or any of our presidents, our other historical figures. Our world would be much different today without them. In my third area, I will list some sources that will support my case. [1]: http://www.wickedshepherds.com... (I urge you to go to this site, as it give you clock at the beginning that will shock you, and some of the stats may make you change your opinion on abortion) [2]: http://www.lifesitenews.com... [3]: https://eslbee.com... [4]: http://www.jstor.org... "I"ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born" - Ronald Reagan