Every year around 35,225,185 babies die from abortion worldwide (Number Of Abortions). The United States alone holds around 2% of this statistic. This means that every year millions of babies are taken the gift of life because of a decision made without their consent. Abortion should be illegal because fetuses feel pain during the abortion procedure, abortions cause psychological damage to the mother and having an abortion done always carries the risk of not being able to become pregnant ever again in life.
Initially, abortions should be illegal because fetuses feel pain during the abortion procedure. The article “Unborn babies can feel pain” by the Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life states, “Unborn babies at 20 weeks development actually feel pain more intensely than adults. This is a ‘uniquely vulnerable time, since the pain system is fully established, yet the higher level pain-modifying system has barely begun to develop,’ according to Dr. Ranalli”. In America, approximately 9,090 women have an abortion after being twenty-one weeks pregnant (Green). At this time a fetus already has their pain system fully developed. This
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This especially happens when a woman has taken the decision to have many repeated abortions. “6 facts about getting pregnant after abortion” article by Debjani Arora states, “But if you opt for multiple abortions or undergo multiple dilations and curettages, also known as D&C, which means cleaning out of the uterus during an abortion, this could cause scarring at the top of the cervix or inside the uterus”. When there is a scarring at the top of the cervix or inside if the uterus then when a woman tries to become pregnant again it is very hard for her. It may cause a lot of pain, and in some cases death for the baby. Some women even after having many abortions are able to become pregnant,