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"The loss of one's life is one of the greatest losses one can suffer. The loss of one's life deprives one of all the experiences, activities, projects, and enjoyments that would otherwise have constituted one's future."

-Don Marquis "Why Abortion is Immoral"

Abortion is a very controversial subject that has been continually argued over for the past few years and probably many years to come. The main controversy is should abortion be legalized? This question is a difficult one to answer because both sides of the issue have pros and cons to them, but in the end of it all I consider myself a pro-life advocate because I can't feasibly imagine killing a child who could have so much potential. In this paper I seek to discuss both sides of the issue, while bringing to light the more positive aspects of keeping a child.

First, before we get into the many sides of abortion we must first define abortion. Abortion is the termination of the fetus or unborn child while the child is still in the mother's womb. This can be done by almost anyone from the mother herself to back alley abortions and even to abortions by clinics set up especially for this purpose.

There are two sides to this abortion topic, the Pro-life, which is those w

Today in our society it is believed by most people that it is the woman's fault just as much as the man's fault, if not more. Many people think women are responsible for contributing to the rape itself. Then the rape victims feel self-blame and guilt. And even then a rape or incest victims family members or close friends may reinforce these negative feelings. Or they drop the problem because they don't know how to talk about it. We even see the same thing in the abortion experience. When a person becomes pregnant because of rape or incest there is a permanent symbol of the rape, at least until it is aborted. Women who have had abortions fear being rejected by God and loved ones. It is a very traumatic experience which takes time. The fact is that you are really telling your loved ones of a death in the family.

The first is the pro-life group. This group does not believe in the abortion factor. To understand where the pro-life stands we must first understand its beliefs and reasons for its beliefs. Then we can discuss what their solution to the abortion topic is. Pro-life believes that rape and incest are very emotional topics. They often elicit throughout the population feelings of revulsion; people draw back from the issue of rape and incest. People don't know how to handle a person who is in that much pain. There is no quick fix. That is why it is difficult for even pro-life people to come to grips with the argument over abortion in cases of rape and incest. Some of those who are pro-life will allow abortion in these cases because they don't know what else they can do for the victim and accept it as a rare case. But it is known that allowing abortion in these cases usually does not help the victim, instead it only worsens the problem because the victims needs are not being met. But what the facts suggest is that only a minority of rape and incest victims actually choose abortion.

The worst strain abortion has on the victim is mental strain. Many victims become confused and overwhelmed by feelings they thought they would never have, and don't know what to do. After having an abortion victims thought they had solved the problem, but in fact they had really just started a whole new one. Many victims began thinking there was something wrong with them and began to doubt themselves in situations that they would normally be sure of themselves. Others plunge into deep depressions in which they don't come out of for weeks at end. This is one of the worst side effects of having an abortion and most women don't realize it will happen to them because they are too busy trying to correct the immediate problem. Pro-life persons don't have any reason to be ashamed to defend pro-life view in the case of rape and incest. They feel the ones who should be ashamed are the pro abortionists who have been exploiting the problems of the victims. Pro-choice has a different view to this whole abortion controversy. Pro-choice believes that it is the person's right to have an abortion if they want to and that no one should interfere with that right. Pro-choice has many reasons for feeling this way.

I also believe that a fetus is still a child contradictory to the beliefs of the Pro-Choice. I think that when two people create something like a child, even if it is as small as a fetus it should still be considered a child because it is a living breathing organism made by the two people and God. Judith Jarvis Thomson puts it best in her analogy that "a newly implanted clump of cells, is no more a person than an acorn is an oak tree." I think that even a fetus has rights to a good life, love and happiness no matter how small it is and no one should be able to take that away from him. Anything given by God deserves a chance. Therefore they do not have the right to destroy.

Perhaps the abortion is actually a lesson in life. Another positive impact is maturity. How might a person mature because of their abortion experience? Well the most obvious e

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