In the United States, women choose to end about 25% of their

pregnancies through abortion. This number has been gradually declining

since 1979. This is similar to the Canadian figure of 21%, but is much lower

than that of the former Soviet Union 60% and Romania 78% where

contraceptives are in short supply. Abortion is morally, scientifically, and

The human egg is already clearly alive when it enters the fallopian

tubes, many hours or days before it has the opportunity to be fertilized.

Women release one about each month between puberty and menopause - a

few hundred in a lifetime. Almost all of these are destined to die and be

ejected from the body. Unless infertility is a problem, very little thought is

given to these hundreds of deaths. Although the egg is a form of life, there is

a public consensus that it is not human life. Hundreds of millions of male

sperm are liberated during a typical sexual encounter. They are also clearly

alive. Viewing them under a microscope reveals them to be energetic

swimmers. Essentially all of these will die within days. Again, if infertility is

not a concern, little attention is given to these deaths. An average man

really alive. Most scientist now agree that human life starts at conception.

So they are actually killing the fetus.

responsibilities. They are recognized as humans, they are recognized as

During the first trimester, a fetus is considered by most physicians to

day. Many people believe that your not killing the fetus, since it was never

as such. Basically , what has been written throughout this essay, implies that

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