Why Abortion Is Wrong

“American physicians perform about two abortions every minute of every hour of everyday: about 1 million a year since 1973.”(Napolitano) That is more lives lost than one can imagine. Women take away the lives of innocents not realizing that a fetus is a human being and deserves rights like every other. Murder is defined as the crime of deliberately killing a person, according to the Merriam Webster dictionary. It is an unlawful and unkind action that people do for some unknown reason. Abortion works as the same way. It is defined as the “termination of pregnancy and expulsion and death of the fetus generally before it is viable.” (Abortion) Overall, it is a human taking away an innocent life that has no say in whether or not he/she wants to …show more content…
As the period of gestation moves forward, the abortion effects can become more fatal and serious. It may include “infections, cervical injury, perforation of the uterine lining, and hemorrhaging.” (Johnson) Incomplete abortions, not always common, can give a woman severe complications. When fetal or placenta parts are left inside the woman’s body, it can necessitate which would mean that the abortion procedure would have to be repeated over again. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, PID, is caused by bacteria that enter the woman’s body during/after an abortion. It can easily spread to other body parts from the cervix to the uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries. Sepsis, which is a total body infection, can lead to death. This fatal infection is caused by the use of RU486 users. (Abortion Risks) RU-486 (mifepristone) is an abortion pill used to terminate a pregnancy. It causes the uterus to shed its lining which causes painful contractions that may take up to a few hours or days. Four to five percent of patients that use the pill end up needing a surgical abortion because the pill does not work. (Abortion) Another complications may arise from anesthesia. The type anesthesia administered can cause the loss of uterine muscle tone which may lead to excessive bleeding and hemorrhaging. Hypoxia, a person’s body (either part or whole) is dispossessed of a suitable supply of oxygen, and difficulties in breathing may result in the use of general anesthesia. Local anesthesia can result in “seizures, cardiopulmonary arrest, allergic reaction, or severe whole-body reaction.” Other complications include perforated uterus, bowel, or bladder, and ectopic pregnancy (gestation that develops outside the uterus). (Abortion Risks) The list of health complications can go on forever, but these are just a

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