In recent years, the number of abortions has decreased from 1.4 million abortions in 2000 to 1.1 million in 2011. Furthermore, less than half of women who get an abortion will do so twice. This improvement is substantial, especially since the rate of abortions dropped five percent from 2008 to 2009 (“U.S. Abortion Statistics”). Still, there are 1.1 million other unborn humans who need to be saved. This means that 3,000 innocent children are murdered by their parents every day. Worse yet, the parents usually only choose abortion, because they do not have sufficient funds to support a child. We must counteract this culture of death and reach out to all the people who are contemplating abortion and present to them other options. Thomas Jefferson once said, ‘“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government”’ (“Greatest Pro-Life Quotes”). Although this nation was founded with the intention of protecting all humans, its government maintains the legality of abortion. This said, abortion is an endemic in other nations too. Following the example of Thomas Jefferson, should we not all fight against abortions legality and against the ethics of …show more content…
But before his conversion, Nathanson said, ‘“There is simply no doubt that even the early embryo is a human being. … As to being, there is no doubt that it exists, is alive, is self-directed, and is not the same being as the mother–and is therefore a unified whole”’ (“Medical Testimony”). This quote shows that even advocates of abortion acknowledge that the fetus is a human. Moreover, they know that they are indeed killing a human being in the act of abortion. This unethical belief needs to be corrected; education on abortion should be implemented so that those considering it see that abortion is