In the United States abortion is one of the most controversial topics on a day to day basis. People are constantly protesting whether abortion should be legal or not. There are people that are completely against abortion and some people that believe there are reasons why it should be legal. The argument against abortion is a moral argument which is subject to personal interpretation so should not be legislated against. People that believe it should be legal argue that it should be the mother’s choice on whether she wants to go through a full pregnancy. Raising a child takes a combination of both social & emotional commitment coupled with financial resources. As such if a person feels they are not ready for a child, it means the pregnancy is unwanted & resultant allowing a fetus to grow into a child is worse than abortion since the resultant child will grow in a non-conducive & …show more content…
The only thing preventing abortion from being included in the definition of murder is that it’s currently not “unlawful.” But basic science proves that an unborn child is a “human being.” No mention of “personhood” is necessary for basic murder definitions. Killing a “human being” or a “fellow creature,” even, is enough. Why, as a society, do we pick and choose human beings whom we can deliberately kill? These human beings are fully human, entirely innocent, and helpless and voiceless. Yet we purposely target them, setting very few restrictions on their killings. The unborn baby's heart starts beating at 20 days and the brain gives off brainwaves at 40 days. If these factors are used by the law to determine death, why can't they be used to determine life? Babies can survive outside the womb at 21 weeks. By 14 weeks, the entire body surface, except the back and top of the head, are sensitive to pain. The embryo is not a blueprint that becomes a human being, any more than a paper blueprint becomes a