I have been thinking a lot about the issue of abortion - both the natural and scientific approaches. So I've decided to use sound reasoning and science to explain why I personally feel there is no true just cause for abortion under general circumstances. Because this is a highly volatile issue, I've decided to find the top reasons favoring abortion, and explain the flaws and my disagreements.
1. Statement: Nearly all abortions take place in the first trimester, when a fetus cannot exist independent of the mother. As it is attached by the placenta and umbilical cord, its health is dependent on her health, and cannot be regarded as a separate entity as it cannot exist outside her womb.
Rebuttal: Since life begins at conception, abortion is akin to murder as it is the act of taking human life. Abortion is in direct defiance of the commonly accepted idea of the sanctity of human life. When the egg is fertilized by the sperm, they cease to be an egg and sperm, but have given way to a living human being.
2. Statement: The concept of personhood is different from the concept of human life. Human life occurs at conception, but fertilized eggs used for in vitro fertilization are also human lives and those not implanted are routinely thrown away. Is this murder, and if not, then how is abortion murder?
Rebuttal: I feel this statement is pretty self explanatory. Not only does it state that human life begins at conception, but the fact that conception is indeed a fertilized egg would clearly agree that this is also a form of abortion. The fact that more are being created than used and then discarded is a case of ethics.
3. Statement: Adoption is not an alternative to abortion, because it remains the woman's choice whether or not to give her child up for adoption. Statistics show that very few women who give birth choose to give up their babies - less than 3% of white unmarried women and less than 2% of black unmarried women.
Rebuttal: This case of the “woman’s” choice is a tough one. The reality is, both men and women share equal parts in creating a child. It takes both to make that happen. It’s strange how if she chooses to keep the child the man has to pay, but if she wants to abort the child, it’s her choice and the man doesn’t get a say so simply because he isn’t carrying the child. Adoption is VERY MUCH THE alternative to abortion if the woman and man don’t want to provide care for that child, I can guarantee someone is always willing and wanting to.
4. Statement: Abortion is a safe medical procedure. The vast majority of women - 88% - who have an abortion do so in their first trimester. Medical abortions have less than 0.5% risk of serious complications and do not affect a woman's health or future ability to become pregnant or give birth.
Rebuttal: The vast majority of doctors who specialize in abortion will almost always persuade and ease the woman into deciding for abortion. While they generally do not affect future pregnancies, there is no way for that doctor to help that woman with the mental trauma that follows a decision of exterminating a part of her. About 88% of women on the other spectrum who are deciding to get an abortion, who first get an ultrasound and see the living child inside of them, choose NOT to follow through with the procedure
5. Statement: In the case of rape or incest, forcing a woman made pregnant by this violent act would cause further psychological harm to the victim. Often a woman is too afraid to speak up or is unaware she is pregnant, thus the morning after pill is ineffective in these situations.
Rebuttal: Less than 5 percent of all pregnancies are due to rape and/or incest. Additionally a poll taken of women who have had abortions in the past have all stated that NONE of them have forgotten the choice they made and still today live with guilt as a result, some 40 years later.
6. Statement: Abortion is not used as a form of contraception. Pregnancy can occur even with responsible contraceptive use. Only 8% of women who have abortions do not use any form of birth control, and that is due more to individual carelessness than to the availability of abortion.
Rebuttal: The reality is abortion is NOT a contraceptive. However, it is a way out of responsibility - and the wrong way at that. If abortion is OK, and reinforced, that is reinforcing promiscuity, and thus there is no real consequence for the actions of careless sex, with the exception of STDs. Ultimately the human life becomes worthless.
7. Statement: The ability of a woman to have control of her body is critical to civil rights. Take away her reproductive choice and you step onto a slippery slope. If the government can force a woman to continue a pregnancy, what about forcing a woman to use contraception or undergo sterilization?
Rebuttal: Abortion, though I am very much against it, is NOT a government issue, neither at the federal or state level. The decision ought to be up to the mother and father of that child. If the father is not present, I believe everything should be done to weigh in on the benefits of giving life and hope to that child, as opposed to never giving it a chance through termination. Ultimately, the government should not have a say so, nor should federal funding be used for abortions.
8. Statement: Taxpayer dollars are used to enable poor women to access the same medical services as rich women, and abortion is one of these services. Funding abortion is no different than funding a war in the Mideast. For those who are opposed, the place to express outrage is in the voting booth.
Rebuttal: This is a gross overstatement. Rich women do not have federal assistance because they can afford health coverage from insurance companies, the vast majority of which do NOT cover abortions. Secondly, the rates in which to funds these types of operations will continually increase. Funding abortion is very different from funding a war, primarily because they are two different sides of the spectrum. The vast majority of this funding doesn’t go towards abortion, it goes toward other social programs for those who have lost jobs, and is essentially spent however politicians choose.
9. Statement: Teenagers who become mothers have grim prospects for the future. They are much more likely to leave school, receive inadequate prenatal care, rely on public assistance to raise a child, develop health problems, or end up divorced.
Rebuttal: This statement is flat-out false. The vast majority of unwed teenage mothers who become pregnant often were depressed or have had disadvantaged lives and negative mindsets PRIOR to becoming pregnant. Many are already NOT enrolled in school, and the amount of state funded social programs that will provide the correct health procedures for the women and unborn children are what a good portion of your tax dollars go to pay for. To say in the statement that all these stem from unwanted pregnancy is false.
10. Statement: Like any other difficult situation, abortion creates stress. Yet the American Psychological Association found that stress was greatest prior to an abortion, and that there was no evidence of post-abortion syndrome.
Rebuttal: There was no evidence of post abortion syndrome because guilt is not registered as a syndrome under the APA. Abortion creates stress just as well as pregnancy does. It is a normal human reaction to the fact that a being totally dependant upon you is growing inside of you!
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