Imagine being forced to go through pregnancy and labor for a child you are not willing to have. Envision going through the pain, the emotional, mental, and physical changes to give life to a child against your choice. That's what it's like when women are denied the right to abort. Abortion has been an issue facing our generations for years. There are many people who think that it should not be legal because it takes away the life of an innocent. But abortion is a woman's right, and it should be legal because the woman should have the right since it is her body she is sacrificing for the birth of a child she does not want.
According to the Supreme Court, abortion is a fundamental right for a woman. It normally takes nine-month for a fetus to grow into a baby, and within those nine months, a woman goes through many phases of becoming herself as a woman and a mother. Giving birth is a beautiful thing. Taking care of a child and watching them grow into an adult is a beautiful thing, but when it is against your wish, it turns into nine months of continuously realizing a life inside of you that will come into this world
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Neuroscientists believe that the cortex ( the outer layer of the cerebrum [the cerebral cortex], composed of folded gray matter and playing an important role in consciousness.) is necessary for feeling pain. On a fetus, the cortex isn’t operative until the 26th week of pregnancy, about six and a half months. This is long after the time limit of most abortion services in hospitals across the nation. Some who are against abortion, merely known as pro-life, argue against this and state that the most primordial response to pain is a spinal reflex, which is developed along the eighth week. However, the flinching seen in ultrasounds are no more than mere reflexes, and not a gesture of feeling pain. Accordingly, the claim of making abortion illegal because of the strain it puts on the fetus is