Abortion

Abortion is one of the most heated debates in the world right now; people are dying, and killing for what they believe in. I find it kind of ironic because anti abortion activists are killing doctors for the unborn babies that were killed; does two wrongs make a right? In the following paper I will describe the methods of abortion, the arguments of both pro-life and pro-choice, and my own personal opinion on abortion. There are many arguments for and against abortion, way too many to write so I’ll just describe a few. One of the main arguments is when does life begin? The people who agree with abortion believe that life begins when the baby is out of the womb. The people who disagree with abortion believe that human life begins at conception; therefore abortion would be murder. So, which one is it? Is abortion murder or not? There really isn’t a straight answer. What you think all depends on your values and norms. Even scientists cannot answer the question of when does life begin. There is a huge discrepancy on this topic. Personally I believe that human life doesn’t begin at conception but when the baby’s heart begins to beat which is somewhere around 18 days. The first thing that I will talk about in this essay is the many different methods of abortion. There are a lot of different ways that abortions could be done, some legal and some illegal. Sharp curettage, suction aspiration, saline injection, prostaglandin abortion, hysterectomy, dilation and extraction (D&X), RU-486 and prostaglandin are the few that I will be describing in detail. The first method I will be describing is sharp curettage, also called dilation and curettage (D&C.) These abortions are usually done before 12 weeks development. In a sharp curettage a tiny hoe-like instrument called a curret is inserted into the womb. The abortionist uses the curret to scrape the embryo or fetus and placenta from the uterine wall. Body parts are then pulled out piece by piece through the cervix. Suction...