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ChandlerHohbach
WritingIII
ArgumentativeEssay
1October2016
TheSlaughterofLife
Dr.Seussoncesaid,Apersonisapersonnomatterhowsmalltheyare.Abortionby
definitionistheinducedexpulsionofafetusfromthemother'swombbeforeitisabletosurvive
independently.Abortionisanextremelycontroversialissuebecausepeopleeitherareagainstthematter,
orbelieveitisthewomensrighttochoose.Alifebeginsatthemomentofconceptionandthatiswhy
abortionshouldbeillegal.
Unbornchildrenarehumanbeings.Lifebeginsatconceptionwhichmeansthatunbornbabies
havearighttolife.Dr.AlfredM.Bongioannistates,Iamnomorepreparedtosaythattheseearly
stages[ofdevelopmentinthewomb]representanincompletehumanbeingthanIwouldbetosaythat
thechildpriortothedramaticeffectsofpubertyisnotahumanbeing(ProCon.org).Dr.Bongioanni
explainsthatwhenpeoplesaythatafetusisnotalivingbeinginthewomb,thentheyarealsosayingthat
childrenwhohaventhitpubertyarealsonothumanbeingsbecausetheyarenotfullydeveloped.Many
neuroscientistssaythatthehumanbraindoesntfullymaturetillmiddletolatetwenties("AtWhatAgeIs
TheBrainFullyDeveloped?).Fromthemomentofconception,thetinybabywasconsideredalife.It
hasitsownuniqueDNAthatiscompletelydifferentfromanyoneelseonthisplanet.Afetusisaform
oflife.Itismadeupoflivingcells,itsconstantlygrowing,possesenergy,andithasthecapacitytogrow
andreproduce(Flanders).Scientistsdistinguishembryosfromanyothertypeofcellinthebody

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becauseofitsselfdirecting,integralfunctionalbehavior(RobertGeorge).Unbornchildrenare
consideredhumanbeingsintheirearlieststagesofdevelopment.
Unbornchildrenfeelpainduringtheabortionprocedure.Fromlookingatsonogramsand
ultrasounds,nursesandneonatologistsareabletoseetheunbornchildrenreactphysicallytolight,
sound,andtouch.Itisevensaidthatatouchofahumanhairtothechildinthewombwillmakethem
clenchtheirfist(UnbornBabiesCanFeelPain).Dr.PaulRanallioftheUniversityofTorontoexplained
thatatonly20weeksgestation,ababysbrainhasallthebraincellsthatanadultbrainhas.Bothready
toreceivepainsignals.Unbornbabiesactuallyfeelmorepainthanadultsat20weeksbecausetheirpain
systemisfullydeveloped(UnbornBabiesCanFeelPain).20weeksintotheunbornchild'slife,
everythingisintact.Allanatomicallinksneededforpaintransmissiontothebrain,forfeelingpain,are
present.Unbornchildrenarelivinghumanbeingsforthereasonthattheyfeelpain.
Somepeoplemightsaythatabortionshouldbelegalforvictimsofrapeorduetoincest.
However,Thefactisonlyaverysmallpercentageofabortionsareduetorape,incestorthelifeofthe
motherbeingatstake.22%ofallpregnanciesareterminated.Thereareapproximately1.1million
abortionseachyearandtheUnitedStatesrateisamongoneofthehighestinalldevelopedcountries
(AbortionFacts).Abortionsarenotonlyhazardoustotheunbornchild,butalsotothemother.There
aremanyrisksthataccompanythisawfulprocedure.Heavybleeding,infection,incompleteabortion,
damagetothecervix,andevendeatharesomeofmanycomplicationsthatcouldpotentiallyoccur.Not
onlyaretheremedicalcomplicationsthatcanoccur,therearemanyemotionalcomplicationstoo.Guilt,
depression,eatingdisorders,suicidalthoughts,anddrugandalcoholabusearesomeofthemanyas
well.Laterinlife,womenwhohavehadabortionspreviouslyaremorelikelytohavebreastcancerand

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cervical,ovarian,andlivercancer(AbortionFacts).Abortionsnotonlykillunbornchildren,butcan
potentiallycauseharmtothemotheraswell.
Alifebeginsatconceptionsothatswhyabortionshouldbeillegal.Eveninthewomb,unborn
childrenareconsideredlivinghumanbeingsbecausetheirmadeupoflivingcellsthathaveenergyand
thepotentialtogrow.Atonly20weeksgestation,unbornchildrenaremoresensitivetolightandsounds
duetotheirpainsystembeingfullydeveloped.Womenwhogetabortionsaremorelikelytohavemore
complicationsanddevelopcancerovertime.Abortioniswrongbecauseitistakingawaytherightsofan
unbornchildtolive.Nomattertheage,everyhumanbeingdeservestherighttolive.

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