If we are allowed to murder unborn children, then why is it illegal to murder other humans? Don’t unborn babies deserve to be protected with rights equivalent to anyone else in this world? The answer is yes; babies in the womb have every right to live, just the same as you and me! Abortion is wrong and inhumane and should not be able to be used as a form of birth control for anyone. Yet, many people still do it.

When sperm and egg meet they form a zygote, which contains the forty-six chromosomes to create life. As time goes on, the baby progresses into an embryo and soon after, a fetus. The baby in the womb is not just a potential person; it is already a human being. It isn’t fair to say the baby has no rights because it can’t make the decision on its own or because it isn’t “alive.” This is a total raze of the baby’s rights! Murder is illegal and everyone, capable of making decisions or not, deserves a chance at life. There are other ways of dealing with an unexpected pregnancy such as adoption. If you feel that it is okay to kill a sweet, innocent child, then you need to put yourself in the baby’s position and think about what it would be like to have done nothing wrong and be denied your right to live.

In the article, Perspectives on Abortion: Raquel Lopez states that 33.6% of women who get abortions are between the ages of 20-26. Why should the helpless baby have to suffer because of a parent’s inability to take care of it financially or mentally? Did your parents