"A Case for the Pro-Life Stance on Abortion"
Over 40 million babies have been legally aborted since 1972. In 1972, the case of Roe versus Wade was brought to the Supreme Court and it is one of the most controversial issues involving women's civil right. The case dealt with the right to choose to have an abortion to end a pregnancy. Most feminist groups supported this case since women felt it was their body and their choice whether to have a baby or not. It is not a choice it is a child, and it is wrong and cruel. Abortion is the murder of an innocent baby and should be illegal in the United States.
Abortion is the termination of pregnancy before the baby is capable of independent life. Therefore, it is the termination of a person's life. Abortion ends a pregnancy by destroying and disposing of the developing child. It stops the beating of an innocent child's heart, which has already begun to beat after 18-25 days after conception. Most abortions occur between 6-10 weeks. At the time in the baby's life all parts of the brain and spinal cord are formed, the heart pumps blood to every part of the body, the whole body is sensitive to touch, and facial expressions are made.
In Tennessee, abortions are legal and anyone can receive one at a Planned Parenthood office very easily. For girls under 18 a parent is required unless the girl gets a judicial bypass, which allows the girl to undergo the abortion without parent consent. The nurses at Planned Parenthood give the girls the information they need in order to receive a judicial bypass. It is absurd that a 16 year old girl can go into an abortion clinic and receive an abortion without her parent's ...