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Strong-response Essay 1

English 1010
9/15/15
Life is one of the most valuable, fragile and precious gifts to man, but also one of the
most abused. All throughout history life has had limits placed upon it. Some life was thought to
be better based on ones race, social class, or physical appearance. Most of these issues have
been resolved and solutions presented to create equality. Today America is faced with, yet again,
another imposing agenda of the definition of life and the right to ones self. Among many of the
controversial topics of today, abortion is one of the most debated. There are many different views
and opinions on what should be legal, or what should be considered a suitable circumstance.
Some say that there is no need for a circumstance, that it is the choice of the mother. Some will
say that certain cases should be an exception, when in reality there is only one real answer to the
question of abortion.
Many people feel that since the child has not been born yet that it still is a part of the
mothers body and thus does not have its own right to life. It is argued that it is the mothers
body and she has the right to decide what happens to it. In a sense this is true, but not when it
includes the life of another human being. The argument is also made that based on the
circumstance of the pregnancy, an abortion may be justified. A woman may not want her body to
suffer from the effects of pregnancy but ending a childs life for the sake of cosmetic beauty is
insanity, especially when the gift of life is one of the most beautiful things to behold.
Many of those who support abortion believe that a baby still in the womb, is not a human
being. Because of the advanced technology of the 3D sonogram, it is possible watch the growth
of a baby throughout a pregnancy. An unborn baby is no less a human being than any other

person on this planet and should be treated with the same equality and freedom to life. It is said a
mother should be able to have the right to choose whether she wishes to abort her child or not.
An unborn child is unable to protect itself inside the womb and does not have the power or
knowledge to defend its right to life, but that is the position the mother should take. The mother
is there to carry the baby and to protect and nurture it during its time of growth, not to end its life
before it has the chance live, merely for the sake of beauty or lack of maturity to handle the
responsibility.
With the growing amount of rape and cases of wedlock, many women feel they cannot
raise a child or do not want one. Others merely do not want to ruin their outer form for the sake
of a child. If a woman feels she could not raise a child, it is better for her to offer that child for
adoption to couples that never had the wonderful opportunity of having a child, instead of ending
its life. There is always the risk of pregnancy when one engages is sexual activities, woman and
men should both be ready to accept the results if such things were to happen. Abortion is a result
that should never be reasoned to, regardless of situation.
Abortion is at an unbelievable rate and increasing. On the tragic day of 9/11, 3,000
Americans died. Every day more than 3,000 babies are killed in America. America has the
highest abortion rates in the Western world and they are only rising. More than a million
abortions are performed every year in America with more than 56 million total since 1973. The
number of aborted babies each year roughly equals the number of U.S military deaths from all
the wars that America has ever been in, combined! No matter the circumstance, no matter the
reason, there is no just reason for this horrific massacre of innocent unborn children.
By 8 weeks into a pregnancy a baby can feel pain. All of the major organs in the body are
fully functioning and the fully developed nervous system responds to pain and sound. The baby

will have its own fingerprint. By 21 weeks, the baby could survive outside the womb with
minimal help. Nearly all of the 1 million abortions committed in the western world last year were
done after 21 weeks. There is no possible way it can be said that this baby is not its own human
being. This baby has its own set of DNA, genetic code, and its own blood type. It is a different
person, unique and living, just as the rest of humanity. This child should be given its own
opportunity at life, just as its mother has had, no matter the reason or circumstance. Abortion is
neither humane nor justifiable in any case.
Out of all the imposing agendas of the day, abortion seems to be the most twisted topic of
them all. The value of life and the importance of it is unprecedented and should not be taken
lightly or thrown away. With such horrific acts being committed every day and the question of
making it legal is presented is when the American people need to stand up and say, NO, and fight
for life. Whats the situation? Whats the reason? Who gets to decide? Is it an equal?
These questions are constantly being asked and debated upon when there is one simple statement
to explain it all, abortion is wrong and should not be performed under any circumstance. Babies,
born or not, are equal and should be allowed the same right to life.

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