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Should Abortion Be Illegal Research Paper

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Abortion is the deliberate and direct killing, by whatever means it is carried out, of a human being in the initial phase of his or her existence, at any time from conception to birth. Abortion should be illegal. Even though Abortion can be used for medical purposes, Abortion should be illegal. Abortion should be illegal because abortions can cause emotional damage, no human being has the right to take another human being’s life, and it may lead to future medical problems for the mother.
First, Abortion should be illegal because abortions can cause emotional damage. Abortion can emotionally affect each woman differently. Some women report a sense of break after having an abortion. The reasons for a break also vary from woman to woman. Emotional …show more content…

The Bible does not draw a difference between fetuses and babies the Greek word brephos is used in the Bible to refer to both an unborn child and an infant. By the time a baby is conceived, he or she is recognized by God, as established in Jeremiah 1:5: "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee " The Sixth Commandment of the Bible's Old Testament, "Thou shalt not kill" (Exodus 20:13), applies to all human beings, including unborn babies. The Bahamas Penal Code stated that chapter 315 whoever intentionally and unlawfully causes abortion or miscarriage shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years. It also stated that in chapter 330. (1) The offence of causing abortion or miscarriage of a woman can be committed either by that woman or any other person; and that woman or any other person can be guilty of using means with intent to commit that offence, although the woman is not in fact pregnant. (2) The offence of causing abortion can be committed by causing a woman to be prematurely delivered of a child, with intent unlawfully to cause or hasten the death of the …show more content…

She said that “she knew from the moment she found out that she was pregnant she didn’t want to carry the pregnancy anymore, but she was overwhelmed by images everywhere telling her that it was “wrong” to consider abortion. When she searched for information on the Internet, she was bombarded by religious websites with brutal pictures of aborted fetuses. When she tried to go to her friends for help, she was told they were “so excited” and couldn’t wait for her to have a baby. Her boyfriend kept saying how much he wanted a son. No one asked her what she wanted. She felt robbed of choice, like her body was being controlled by everyone but herself. Her dreams of going to college and moving out were over because of one mistake. Finally, some kind of switch went off in her head. She couldn’t afford to care what other people thought. She wanted my life back. The next day she made an appointment, but it was hard. She cried a lot. But that was two years ago, and she will be graduating from college in a few months. Most importantly, she told herself every day that she made the right choice, and she knows in her heart that she

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