Persuasive Speech: Why Abortion Should Be Illegal

From 1973 to 2003 around 1 million abortions have been performed in the U.S alone and after the Roe vs. Wade case was found in favor in Roe which has led to a large controversy over whether or not an abortion kills a person. Today I will not argue over which side is right or wrong, but show you the facts and ethics of an abortion, and leave you the listener to choose whether or not to believe and act upon these truths. First the argument over abortion is not about women's right. Many people associate abortion with women's right but this is not the case. The argument for or against abortion lies in whether or not an abortion murders a person. Now with that context set we must now look to see first whether something is being killed and the answer is yes. Any Biomedical scientist will tell you that a unborn babies cell is different from that of her mother and if an unborn baby were part of her mother the cells of the baby would match that of her mother but it has been scientifically proven as a fact that a unborn baby is composed of entirely different cells than her mother. This meaning that the baby is an entirely different organism. Also we know something is being killed because the unborn baby has different cells meaning a entirely different organism is killed during the abortion process. Now we know that a unborn baby is not part of the mother and that something in the least is being killed. Now that it is settled that something is being killed with each

What is this world coming to? Some people truly believe it is right to kill an innocent fetus. Mothers’ who are old enough to conceive are old enough to support a baby, whether they are barely a teenager or coming to the end of their “golden years.” Regardless of the circumstance, a baby should never be aborted.

Many people throughout history have fought to have the choice to have an abortion if they like. For example cases such as: Roe v. Wade and Parenthood v. Casey, which made a big impact in the system.

To begin with, fetus can’t feel pain because the cortex isn’t functional until around the 26th week. When the fetus is fully functional it is usually after an abortion is performed.There also isn’t any scientific information that the fetus experiences pain. According to Stuart Derbyshire, PhD, Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, England, stated that, “Biological development has not occurred to help support pain experience.

When talking about abortion, there are so many things that come to mind, it is hard to stay focused on what the issue is really about, but in the end it really all boils down to some of the most basic rights we as individuals living in this country start with from birth. “…That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety” (SparkNotes: The Declaration of Independence (1776))The practice of abortion goes back to ancient times, and to this day,

This could be avoided by examining the other alternatives for unwanted babies, such as: parenting, interim foster care or adoption. Parenting is a challenging option but a tremendously rewarding experience; it could turn out better than how a person expected it. Interim foster care is a secure environment with parents who are skilled at caring for babies and provide a loving and nurturing home for a newborn infant. Ultimately, mothers in these situations usually choose adoption because they believe it is best for their children. They acknowledge that adoption is not rejection or abandonment, but rather a caring, responsible act. It shows the mother’s love since she does not have the proper support for the child, therefore she allows the child to reach their full potential on earth while growing up as strong and independent adults with another

Many people bring up science about the babies being a fetus, not an actual person. But eventually, the babies are no longer a fetus, they are an actual human being. According to Daniel Mills, a PhD student at the University of Southern Denmark, you have to have oxygen to survive. A baby can only breathe to absorb the oxygen. So this means that the baby has to be living if it is inside the mother’s womb. If it is living, and we abort it, we have killed it. This shows that abortion is murder, and we aren’t doing about

Another major issue regarding abortion is if a fetus feels pain. A study by Stuart G. W. Derbyshire examines the development of the fetus to decode when pain is acknowledged. Pain is “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage” (Derbyshire, 2006, The Content of Pain). Working with this definition, one can derive that an understanding of the senses and emotions should be present at some cognitive level to feel pain. Therefore, pain becomes a learned response instead of a natural one because the association between the senses and the reaction is not yet learned. “This is likely to strike anyone as strange because it is simply not how we intuitively believe pain to be… Not only has the biological development not yet occurred to support pain experience, but the environment after birth, so necessary to the development of pain

What a pro-life advocate would argue the fact the embryo can hear, cry, feel fear, feel pain, and have a conscious thought. Realistically, none of these things are remotely accurate when talking about an early stage embryo. According to the Mayo Clinic, “the earliest an unborn child could conceivably hear anything would be sixteen weeks post-fertilization.” In a 2005 article published by the British Medical Journal, the article documents for the first time a fetus cries in the womb. They suggest that “fetal crying is possible at twenty weeks post-fertilization”. The biggest debate is on when embryos can feel pain. Research done by Christopher Bowen, has come to the conclusion that, “It’s my opinion that once the thalamus has been formed, at 10 weeks post-fertilization, this marks the earliest that the fetus has the capability to consciously perceive pain at least on some primal level, and can definitely feel pain by 14 weeks post-fertilization.” By the time the mother finds out she is pregnant, she has plenty of time to decide whether to terminate the pregnancy before the fetus has any conception of pain.

Killing a child that didn’t even have the chance to speak or fight for their lives is not justice, its immorality. In 1989 when the court Webster v. Reproductive health services; the Supreme Court held four provisions of a Missouri abortion law. The Missouri statue declared a legislative policy that “the life of each human being begins at conception” (Wardle). Besides the parents who decide to initiate the killing, but it is more of the doctors who are charged for murder. Kermit Gosnell, an abortionist was convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of three infants who born alive. Not only was Gosnell charged for killing babies, but he was also charged for ill treatments towards women who were getting an abortion, which also resulted in some deaths as well (Wardle). Rape and incest is a major fallback on the issues of antiabortion. Most if not all people see this as an act of disgrace; if the child is born from this sort of misconduct it is most likely to be shunned by those surrounding it. Rape and incest is not a reason to abort an innocent human being, the emotional and physiological impact has already been placed within the victim. Killing the child does not take away the pain, but only increases the guilt within the mother. The mother is not only the victim of rape or incest, but the child is the product of that misdemeanor which also make him/her the victim as well. The physiological distraught will forever be upheld within the

Many argue is it the women’s or the foetus’ rights and values that are being trampled on? “Pro-choice movements sometimes fall back on an abortion rhetoric that seems to dehumanize and trivialize the death of a foetus as a way to humanize and make important the reproductive rights of women.” (Wolf p54) “Women can treat an unwanted foetus as a violation of her civil rights and is therefor justified tin using force to expel it” (McMillan pA12) The decision is not up to the mother because she is not God. Only God, the ultimate creator has the right to choose who may live and who shall die. Humans do not have the right or the power to control the quality of life and to avoid suffering. “The issue of abortion is not just life, but how life is created and the extent to which human intention and control the process, both before and after birth.

Choosing to kill another harmless human is mortifying and needs to be taken seriously. If you murder someone you would have a trial and get punished. However, in the womb, no trial would be necessary, it's all about the desire of the mother. Abortion is affecting our civilisation and society dramatically, due to the fact that we are killing the new generations which we are dependent on to help us in the future. Providing this choice will allow

A woman has a right to her own body is an idea more and more women are realizing, but that idea ignores the unborn child's right to his or her own body. Never, in modern times, has the state granted to one citizen the right to have another killed in order to solve their personal, social, or economic problems. The embryo is its own being that should have it's own rights to protect it. The zygote is a unique genetic being.

Abortion should be made illegal and it is a wrong choice to make because, the fetus being aborted is a baby, everyone has a right to live, no person has the right to take another person’s life, and the unborn baby is not in a position to make decisions to live or to die. According to Lee (45), abortion is wrong because it is killing of an innocent or at least potential innocent person. While some may argue that abortion is something that people should be able to chose, it is very evident that abortion is evil, murder and destroying the moral fabric of the society. Many arguments are that the fetus

The modern world today is brought together by many different cultures, beliefs, thoughts, opinions and morals. Which makes life difficult at times and causes people to not get along when differences can not be set aside. There are many issues and topics that are the root of these problems, which may never be solved and more than likely will never be solved based on characteristics of cultures and beliefs. Abortion is a very diverse topic in today’s society for which there may never be a correct answer to live up to everyone’s morals, but both sides present persuasive facts and opinions to justify their beliefs.