Isabella Gould

Expository Writing

Ms. Johnson

12 March 2017

Put Abortion to Rest

My life, your life, and their life. All of these are extremely important but one especially,

the life of that in the womb. All of these are of extreme value to humanity but abortion makes it

seem to be a simple normality to degrade the life of those in the womb. In 1973 the ruling of Roe

vs. Wade in the Supreme Court made this act of aborting a child in the womb legal. This unborn

child, without a voice or the chance to live, can now be killed at a womans disposal at a local

clinic. Planned Parenthood has taken this country by storm to let women know that the accident

in their womb, that mistake and that shame in their uterus, can be taken care of and

forgotten in one visit to a Planned Parenthood Clinic. Where is the child's voice and right to life?

In this immoral action, where is the sanctity of life preserved? From natural conception to natural

death, one is given the privilege of life and should morally be carried out for all.

For one to know the stance against abortion one must know what this act is. It is defined

as the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28

weeks of pregnancy. According to Roe V. Wade, this action can be carried out from the moment

of conception until birth, making it illegal to kill the child after that point. The action of abortion

however goes beyond this definition. One who has ever seen a picture of these human parts once

they have been removed from the womb and placed upon a dish in an abortion clinic knows the

horror and reality of this action. These children in the womb are removed with a small vacuum
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device, flushed out and suffocated by a sodium chloride injection, or hysterotomy and so on.

Abortion is the deliberate killing of a child in the womb per previously stated methods.

I do not understand how one can value his or her own life but stand up and say an unborn

childs does not have value therefore it is not life. Why does this happen when the facts are clear

as day and man proves man wrong by saying it is life? A prevalent argument to have abortions is

because of a very serious situation that is known to us as rape. In the U.S. less than 1% of

abortions are because of rape. The other 99% of abortions occur because the woman is not ready

to have a child, is financially unable to, or others do not want her to have a child. This is where

My body, my choice comes into vocalization. My body, my choice is saying the women can

chose to do whatever she may wish to do because that is her body. Once that phrase is said that

this fetus is the mother's body, science pulls into play a different role. According to

Liveactionnews.org the fetus DNA is its own (Terzo). It is not the mothers, it is not the fathers, it

is its own unique and personal DNA. Not one person on this earth has the exact same DNA as

another. This is what sets the fetus apart the mother, this fetus is its own body and its own

person. It has its very own DNA to prove it.

Look at a thump print. Look at each line, each curve, each bend, and each dip. That is a

and a proclamation of individuality. According to telegraph.co.uk every

mark, a stamp,

thumbprint is unique, even one's own thumbprints vary, neither one is identical (Knapton). The

formation of each fingerprint reflects the environment in the womb. A fetus fingerprint has

finished full formation by month six in the womb (Sahasrabudhe). In the womb, the epidermis or

outer layer of skin is buckling and causing the ridge patterns on each finger. The environment in

the womb and the individuality of the buckling patterns is what creates each unique fingerprint.
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(Sahasrabudhe). No one on this earth has ever had this pattern on their thumb but you, so why do

we not value our unique lives with the same dignity as those forming in the womb? If our

thumbprint is so special, why isnt theirs?

Life in the womb is disregarded in abortion cases and classified as the removal of waste

or flesh from the uterus. This leads me to the science behind the reality that the fetus in the

womb is, in fact, human and not mere masses of flesh. We have all learned in our first biology

classes that all material needs to fit into seven general categories to be considered living. First,

all living things are composed of cells, they all grow and need nutrition, they respond to stimuli,

are able to reproduce, are able to move, perform respiration, and are all able to get rid of waste.

All of these points prove that this fetus in the womb is as alive as necessary to be considered a

living thing. Life begins at the moment of conception otherwise knows as fertilization according

to princeton.edu (Life Begins at Fertilization). By having all the qualities of life, this flesh in the

uterus is just as classified to be living as one such as yourself.

The controversial knowledge that life begins at fertilization is a feeding ground for

pro-choice activists. I understand that we all have our opposing views but in a topic like this that

science proves so true, the moment of life begins at fertilization. When fertilization occurs the

embryo in the womb in composed of cells, it needs nutrition to survive, it is able to move, it can

respond to its outside environment, and can even soon perform respiration (Life Begins at

Fertilization). This is science, it is not a choice that this occurs but rather a fact proven day and

day again that this flesh in the womb is an individual life.

Why isnt life, proven by science, given the dignity it deserves in the womb and out of it?

Science has very carefully and openly shared with us the truth of life and he qualifications that a
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fetus has to be deemed life. Science has proven to us that life begins at fertilization, why do we

not take the facts given? Take your needs to the side and focus on the needs of others, focus on

the dignity and sanctity of a human life and value its thumbprint just as though you value yours.
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Works Cited

Knapton, Sarah. Why your fingerprints may not be unique The Telegraph. 23 April 2014.

3 March 2017

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/03/14/why-your-fingerprints-may-not-be-unique/

Life Begins at Fertilization Princeton.edu. 3 March 2017

https://www.princeton.edu/~prolife/articles/embryoquotes2.html

Terzo, Sarah. Life begins at fertilization, science teaches. Live Action News. 13 January 2013,

3 March 2017

http://liveactionnews.org/life-begins-at-conception-science-teaches/

https://www.scienceabc.com/innovation/why-are-fingerprints-unique-and-why-do-we-have-them

.html