Abortion
...lop post-partum depression or post-abortion syndrome when she feels pressured by family, friends, or circumstances, into having an abortion that she did not want (“Choosing” 6). There are many symptoms of P.A.S. Some of those are depression, substance abuse, suicidal thoughts, guilt and shame, lowered self-esteem, insomnia, and flashbacks. The woman may also experience hostility toward men or sexual dysfunction because of her emotions (Willke 9). The woman’s life is greatly changed negatively after choosing to have an abortion. Abortion is the acceptance by the mother to kill her unborn child. It lowers her resistance to physically or emotionally abusing those already born (Willke 9). In some cases, a definite “survivor syndrome” has been demonstrated. Children usually know that their mother is pregnant, and they also know when she “gets unpregnant.” They develop an irrational, but real guilt of “why was I saved and why were they killed” (Willke 9). The older sibling of those aborted also shows a fear and mistrust of the mother. Originally, a small child doesn’t welcome a new baby into the household. “When the baby suddenly disappears, the frightened child may get a warped sense of his own power to ”will people away.” Also, if the older sibling knows that mother was responsible for doing away with the younger sibling, fear of the mother is formed (Willke 9). An abortion not only hurts the mother, but it damages the other siblings emotionally. Health risks are also a big factor when choosing whether or not to get an abortion. Having an abortion is putting the mother in real physical danger. Delaying an abortion only a few days increases the possibility of complications arising from the procedure. The risk of complications also increases significantly each week into the third trimester (“All” 4). Since parental consent is needed for minors in most states, less abortions are performed in hospitals or clinics. When abortions are performed without the proper medical help, the possibility of complications or death is real. Abortions are bad because your health is put at risk, and also your life. Women who have had at least one induced abortion are three times more likely to have secondary infertility than that of non-aborted women (“Choosing” 3). When having a surgical abortion, you could scar a small section of the uterine wall and increase the chance of a future miscarriage. Having an abortion could impair your chances of being able to have a baby later if you decide to. The likelihood of developing breast cancer also greatly increases after an induced abortion. The mother’s age at the time of the abortion, how far along the unborn child is, or whether or not the woman has given birth before, do not change the likelihood of the mother developing breast cancer (“Choosing” 5). The health risks a mother faces before, during, and after aborting her baby are serious, and sometimes deadly. Breast cancer, future miscarriages, and death, are just a few of the risks a mother takes when getting an abortion. Abortion is the killing of a real baby and not just a fetus. The Bible also mentions abortion many times and says it is wrong. So anyone involved in the procedure of aborting a child will be judged by God just as the mother is. There are real facts showing that an unborn baby is in fact a real person. An ovum and spermatozoa are both forms of human life because they are both alive and contain human DNA. An ovum and spermatozoa are obviously not a human person, but a newborn baby is. Somewhere between the ovum and spermatozoa stage, and the newborn baby, a new human person comes into existence. Once a new person exists, then its life must be protected (“Choosing” 8). The only questionable factor is when exactly the fetus becomes a real human person. According to United States law, personhood begins at birth (Willke 12). In medicine and natural science, “person” usually means when the being is alive and complete. “Alive” is defined as a being that is growing, developing, maturing, and replacing its own dying cells. Humans are unique from all other beings because they have four chromosomes in every cell (Willke 11). Those facts suggest that a fetus is truly a human being. If a fetus is a human being, it deserves the right to live, and abortions should not be allowed. When the mother misses her period and begins to wonder if she might be pregnant, the baby’s heart has already begun to beat. This happens less than thirty-one days after a woman’s last menstrual period, and by then the baby is already “alive”. Surgical abortions are usually not performed before seven weeks or forty-nine days. The baby has identifiable arms and legs by forty-five days and the baby also displays measurable brain waves after forty days. During the seventh and tenth weeks, when the majority of abortions are performed, fingers and genitals appear. That is also when the child’s face is recognizably human (“Some” 12). When a baby is recognizably human, it should be protec...