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Guttmacher's Arguments Against Abortion
According to statistics provided by Guttmacher institute, “there were approximately 1.05 million abortions in the United States in 2012 alone” (Abortion Counters 4). To many, that might be just a number and it does not necessarily mean anything, but lets just take some time to think about how tremendously that number actually is. The image of 1.05 million lifeless, innocent premature babies is horrific, and many do not realize how sick and wrong it is. That number is more than just a statistic but it is the amount of lives that were ended way to early. As someone who stands for pro-life, aborting a baby is not something that should be an option so easily for women. Women nor anybody else should have the authority to end a child’s life prematurely. …show more content…
That is just the point, no women nor anybody else should have the power to choose for the living human being whether or not it is going to live. There is a big difference between giving women their rights and allowing them to murder innocent human beings living inside of their bodies. It all comes down to one thing and that one thing is murder. Once again people who are for pro-choice might argue abortion is not considered to be murder, but yet the exact definition of murder is “The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.” Allow me to break that definition down even more, the definition of premeditate is to think out or plan an action beforehand, which resembles the process of abortion quite well. Overall the definition of murder is killing one without their consent in an action that is planned beforehand. One might argue these points but with research one can easily prove those invalid points to be both deceitful and …show more content…
Abortion is murder of an innocent life, and it is completely wrong in every way. There is no justification that could cover the fact that we are murdering our most defenseless human beings, and if anything we should be doing everything to protect them and keep them safe from danger, but yet some are doing the complete opposite. Abortion should never be an option, and one should never feel like abortion is the only choice because it is not the only choice. One must understand that abortion is not just, and people must come to their senses and realize the true outcomes of aborting a

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