Did you know that in the United States it is illegal to kill Eagle eggs, but it is legal to kill an unborn baby up to the point of their birth? Even now, with the failure of The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 not reestablished babies who survive an abortion can be left untreated to die. To me, that sounds like murder. The people who oppose pro-life often claim that we ignore science and it's the woman's body so it should be their choice. Truth is we have scientific proof that a fetus is alive. If bacteria is considered life on Mars, then how come a heartbeat and movement aren't considered alive? It is actually not the woman's body, this fetus has its own DNA, own heart, therefore it is not the woman's body. The reason why I chose to be pro-life is based on scientific truths, and here is the scientific proof.

We are all here because of science. Every single human comes from two biological parents. Pro-choicers claim that child is not a child rather a clump of cells, a parasite dependent on its mother, or some type of alien. This child is not just a clump of cells or a parasite, it has a unique DNA genetic code that is only human. This child will grow to only a human not some type of alien. American College of Pediatricians defines conception as "The process of fertilization of an ovum or egg, by sperm and implantation of the resulting zygote. At fertilization, the human being emerges as a whole genetically distinct, individuated zygotic living human organism, a member of the species Homo Sapiens, needing only the proper environment in order to grow and develop." (Dr. June) Anyone who states that a fetus is anything other than human is wrong because science proves it is only human. No pregnant woman would tell their friends and family that they 'have a clump of cells' or 'a parasite', because it is incorrect.

Another argument is that no one knows when life begins. What is that unique human genetic code that is made at conception and develops over time? This human genetic code is different from their mother. No child shares the exact same DNA from their mother. This allows goes with the popular argument 'her body her choice'. That is not her exact DNA. No woman, including me, has two heartbeats, two heads, two nervous systems, therefore it is not her body. Yes a fertilized egg at conception still has yet to develop, but so does a toddler, teenager, etc. It doesn't matter what stage of development we are at we are all human and deserve the right to live. Yes the child in the womb is dependent on its mother to survive, they are also dependent out of the womb. I am still nineteen and somewhat dependent on my mother.

This day in age people are afraid to change or even open their mind to other people beliefs and won't listen to the facts they have to display. An example of someone who did think this was Abby Johnson. Abby Johnson was a volunteer then director of Planned Parenthood in Texas for eight years. Johnson was never for the promotion of abortion she thought Planned Parenthood and the reason she was there was to "prevent unwanted pregnancies thereby reducing the number of abortion" (Johnson page 4) That is a statement I agree with, if there are more birth control and condoms available for people, therefore it would decrease the number of unwanted pregnancies and number of abortions. That thinking of Planned Parenthood started to fade. Johnson was in a board meeting with her boss and got yelled at. While Johnson was still a director, she was told to raise the rates of abortions because that is where the revenue was. Johnson argued that Planned Parenthood is non-profit and the goal was to reduce the number of abortions with contraception. Her boss responded, "Non-profit is a tax status, not a business status." (Johnson page 114) Johnson realized that a patient was no longer a patient to Planned Parenthood, but just a dollar sign.

Yes, Planned Parenthood does more than just abortions including free STD testing, pap smears, birth control, mammograms. So do the 16-1 number of clinics that offer those services for free without abortion. They are usually right across the street of a Planned Parenthood, including the one in Kalamazoo named Alternatives where I have even received a free service there. Those clinics offer services after the child is born, while Planned Parenthood doesn't. Former Planned Parenthood director Johnson says that Planned Parenthood actions are short-term while the other clinics help in the long-term. With Trump defunding Planned Parenthood and Ohio getting rid of all Planned Parenthoods many people are upset that there will be no other options for their free other options. Like I mentioned there are more number of clinics that offer those free services more than the number of Planned Parenthood. These clinics don't look at their patients at dollar signs and aren't in scandals like Planned Parenthood. These scandals include organ harvesting and even fail to report some abortions of underage girls who were forced into an abortion under suspicious circumstances.

'A child can't feel any pain' is a common argument that is scientifically false. Around the same time their heartbeat develops, they can feel pain. There are many people who have witnessed and done abortions that say the baby can feel pain. If they couldn't feel pain how come they fight for their life in the womb? Johnson stated she witnessed an ultrasound abortion. This woman, director or Planned Parent, and had two abortions herself saw that it could feel pain. The child was twisting and turning away, why would it do that if it can't feel pain?

Many people are changing their mind on abortion. It is a lot more common for a pro-choice advocate to become a pro-life advocate. These people include doctors, former abortion doctors, and just regular people who realized it wasn't a medical condition that need to be cured or treated, it was a child. President Donald Trump was even pro-choice. Trump hosted a pro-choice fundraiser in 1998, stated he was very pro choice, but doesn't like the idea of abortions. Trump changed his mind in 2011 and stated that a friend of his was going to have an abortion, but didn't, now that child is a 'superstar' and great kid. Johnson went from pro-choice to pro-life after witnessing the ultrasound abortion and saw it wasn't just a clump of cells it was a child fighting for their life. When she was working at planned Parenthood there would be people standing outside of the fence. There would be one lady holding up a graphic sign what an abortion procedure looks like hoping to scare the patient, which I think is the wrong way to approach women about to have an abortion. Johnson said most of them were people praying they change their mind and people from other clinics that could help them without killing the child, like the Coalition for Life. People often assume that all pro-life people will be that one woman holding up the graphic sign compared to the most who just want to help instead of scare.

Roe v. Wade the way that changed abortion. This supreme court case made any limited abortion law to unlimited. It all started with a woman, who is now pro-life, Norma McCorvey otherwise known as Jane Roe. McCorvey became pregnant and didn't want her child. McCorvey lived in Texas and the law was for an abortion to happen in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the other. McCorvey tried to receive an abortion by stating she was raped, but there was no police report and later she denied the claims. McCorvey went to court in Texas which was moved to Supreme Court. Section 1 of the 14th amendment was used in McCorvey's defense. The 14th amendment was ratified in 1868 right after the Civil War. Section 1 is the right to privacy. On January 22, 1973, before any ultrasounds were available, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the laws on abortion were 'unconstitutional' based on Section 1 of the 14th Amendment. What about the baby's privacy? That day the United States chose that we are not equally with one another. That the mother has more rights than her child. Any abortion can be justified and after Roe v. Wade limits on abortion were gone. Since Roe V. Wade, according to the Planned Parenthood pro-choice Guttmacher Institute, The United States has the highest abortion rate in the western world along with the third highest abortion rate of worldwide developed nations.

A common argument is that if you are pro-life you are anti-woman. I completely disagree. The same woman who helped us get the right to vote and private property, Susan B. Anthony, was pro-life and started her own fund for life. Is that same woman who helped women get rights, but is pro-life anti-woman? Norma McCorvey the woman, Roe, in Roe v. Wade is speaking out about how she is pro-life. McCorvey states that "abortion hurts women more than it helps women". Abortion is actually an attack against women organizations that help prove this point are Feminist For Life and Silent No More Awareness Campaign. Most women who have an abortion speak out and say that it was not an act of empowerment, but it was a result of abandonment and desperation. They also speak it was far from a choice and how now they feel guilt, have nightmares, drug and alcohol abuse.

Whenever it is brought up to a pro-choicer that you are pro-life they bring up what about rape, incest, and the health of the mother. Rape and incest aborted babies make up 1% of the number of babies aborted. In the case of mother's health, according to the Planned Parenthood pro-choice Guttmacher Institute, that only makes up 7% of the babies aborted. 92% are healthy mothers killing healthy babies. In the case of rape, I think the perpetrator should be punished, but the innocent child shouldn't be. Many women who have been raped and had abortion regret it along with women who had an abortion not from rape. One woman said "I was the victim. I completely understand that I carry no blame for the rape. I keep having nightmares about the abortion. I feel so much guilt. I know I deliberately took the life of my child. This is guilt I will carry the rest of my life." (Johnson page 62) In the case of the women's health, health is not only defined as physical, but emotionally, psychologically. Any abortion can be justified for the health of the mother based upon how the mother feels. Dr. Anthony Levatino is a board certified OB GYN. He worked at a edicaly center with one of the most high risk hospitals in America. He worked with pregnancy situations including life threatening health issues by pregnancy, heart disease, cancer, and more. He saved hundreds of lives of mothers and never once did he find it medically necessary to kill the child in the procedures to save the mother. In these cases he either delivered the child and would do a C-Section. The goal if the mother's health is actually in danger is to separate the child and the mother. There are many ways to do that without killing the child according to many OB GYNS. Many ways of abortion are the mother has to deliver the baby after poisoning the baby few days prior or kill the child and take it out via C-Section. You could induce labor and a C-Section without killing a child.

Even after these facts, if it is still some refuse to accept, you should agree infanticide is wrong. These are children out of the womb. Some people are now for killing the child once it is out of the womb. This all comes from the Born Alive Protection Act. This bill didn't pass, but in 2002 it did. Two of the people who refused to sign it are 2020 president candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. What this act does it gives the right to a child who survives an abortion and should be provided with care like any other child born alive. Since this act didn't pass, babies surviving abortion can be left to die. There is a video of a Planned Parenthood doctor saying they put the child that survives an abortion in a 'liquid' that would ultimately kill them. That is infanticide. Thor Benson a liberal journalist even tweeted "There are no such thing as an abortion survivor". Even though it is rare for a child to survive an abortion it does happen. Here are some examples: Gianna Jessen survived a saline solution abortion and got cerebral palsy from the lack of oxygen. Melissa Ohden also survived a saline solution abortion and was adopted to a loving family and started the Abortion Survivors Network with 210 abortion survivors. Many people who survived no have disabilities including loss of arms and legs. Even though they have disabilities they have the right to live along with everyone else.

'You don't care about life out of the womb' is a common argument. I have to strongly disagree. With the Born Alive Protection Act we would help provide care for babies out of the womb which the pro-life supports. Pro-life people believe everyone has a quality of life, we are all equal. If a baby is going to be born into poverty, shouldn't they have the option to abort them so they won't have to suffer, is a common argument. What about the children in poverty right now, should we be able to kill them so they don't suffer? The answer is no. There are many pro-life people who do help the already born poor. You never know who a child is going to become, no one knows. One liberal journalist tweeted out "How can you be pro-life and support the separation of children at the border". This is false, no one in their right mind pro-life or not should be for the separation of families at the border. It is wrong and there has been bills signed by Trump to keep families together, yes some still remain apart and it is not right. No pro-life person would stand up and cheer for the separation of families at the border like New York did when they passed the Reproductive Act that allows abortion all the way up until the baby is dilating and about to be born. People are also afraid that people are going to be in foster care and not in a loving home. Foster care and newborn adoption are completely different. "Foster care average age is seven and they are waiting to be returned to their biological family, placed with another family member, or in some cases, permanently adopted from their foster home." Brahm. Yes, the children in foster care have just as much rights as a an unborn baby and you. Another argument is the baby is unwanted, for example, the mother is a pregnant teenager. Would it be easier to tell your parents you made a mistake and got pregnant or tell them you had their grandchild killed. There are many families who would love to adopt a child. No child is unwanted.

In conclusion the abortion industry is corrupt. Abortion is a short-term option with long term effects. Most women regret they have an abortion and think that is was not much of choice. There are many clinics that offer free options for pregnant mothers along with free options that Planned Parenthood offers. A child is a child no matter how small, every person in the womb is a person no anything else. A mother doesn't have more rights than her child.

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