Abortion has been one of the most controversial topics of all time. Multiple people in this world believe that it is immoral and it is considered murder. Murder involves killing a human who is alive. But, according to lemauricien.com, “A fetus' brain only starts to emit electrical signals at 12 weeks, and the EGGs recorded are comparable to that of a sea slug according to the eminent neuroscience researcher Micheal Gazzaniga ... A fetus only develops its cerebral cortex, the part of the brain which regulates thought and consciousness at 24 weeks, well after the limit for abortions. Before 24 weeks, its brain only emits electrical signals, not brain waves which indicate thought.”
This means that it is not fully alive yet, because it cannot support itself outside of the womb, so it isn’t technically a human. The government cannot take away a woman’s right to her own body, because in Canada that is one of our main rights. Also, if we decided to make abortions illegal, they would still happen, but
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But that does not mean that abortions don’t happen there. No matter what you do, abortions will not stop. Some 68,000 women die every year from unsafe abortions worldwide, making it one of the leading causes of mortality (13%). If abortion was made illegal, there would be people online saying that they can do an abortion, but that doesn’t mean they know the safe way to perform the process. They invite you to a back alleyway and flush you out with harsh chemicals, such as bleach, or inserting a sharp object into the uterus. In the broadway musical Kinky Boots, a woman goes to get an unsafe abortion, and someone uses an unbent clothes hanger. Unfortunately, the woman dies. This is how unsafe abortions will be if they do not remain legalised. Women will end up dead in back alleyways. History shows that laws against abortion have little to no effect except making them unsafe. According to