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Should Abortion Be Outlawed Essay

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Abortion should be completely outlawed in the United States. Abortion is morally wrong and is the deliberate killing of an unborn human. Abortion should be outlawed because it kills a fetus and causes irreparable emotional damage to the woman. Even if a woman has another child after an abortion, the woman still always remembers that abortion and will most likely haunt her for the rest of her life. Morally a woman shouldn't be able to make the decision that kills her unborn child; the states' governments should combine their efforts to outlaw abortion. Whether a Liberal or Conservative, one should feel some sort of emotional distress when a fetus is aborted. When a woman is pregnant, the choices are: to take care of the child, adoption, or an abortion. The first two choices avoid the lost of a human life and would not cause a moral issue. Abortion is immoral and unfair however anyone looks at it. No matter what the circumstances of the mother in question, terminating a life can not be justified. …show more content…

A woman may become depressed because of the lost of her child and the psychological effects of an abortion have cause anxiety attacks. Doctors have even discovered a disorder in woman because of an abortion which is known as Post-Abortion-Syndrome Disorder (Lawlor). Guiltiness is also another emotion a woman may feel after an abortion and could even lead to thoughts of suicide. An abortion is selfish and it is not fair for an unborn child which deserves life, not death. In the United States, since 1973 over 46 million legal abortions have been performed (About Abortion). Those babies that were aborted could have been the next president or a scientist that solved world issues or friend to anyone. A whole generation has been wiped out because of

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