Since 1973, forty million abortions have been performed, averaging four thousand abortions each day. Ninety-five percent of abortions are done as a means of birth control, and only one percent of abortions are performed because of rape or incest. Worldwide, the lifetime average is about one abortion per woman. Abortion is an intentional violent act that kills an unborn baby. Without any anesthesia, the baby is dismembered, torn apart, and vacuumed out of the mother. In th

If we were able to stop legalized abortion tomorrow, most of the babies saved from abortion would be loved and cared for by their biological mothers. Those mothers would end up being grateful for their child and glad that they did not have an abortion. Most of the rest of the children would be adopted by their extended family or by noble strangers. Indeed some would probably fall through the cracks and end up in foster homes or in orphanages. However, this is no reason to kill them. There is no doubt that in twenty or so years from now that the vast majority of babies saved from abortion will be glad to be alive.

Abortion has been practiced around the world since ancient times as a crude method of birth control and has been seen as a controversial issue for hundreds of years. As more people discuss it, new dimensions are added to the argument, and this may be why laws vary from country to country and have changed so many times. Abortion in England and Wales was first made illegal in the nineteenth century. Before then, English Common Law had allowed abortion, provided it was carried out before the woman felt the fetus move. At this time, if the abortion law was broken there were no fixed penalties, and the woman having the abortion was not necessarily held responsible. In 1803, the law changed and abortion became a criminal offense from the time of conception with penalties of up to life imprisonment for both the pregnant woman and the abortionist. In 1929, “The Infant Life Preservation Act” amended the previous law so that abortion was no longer a felony under certain circumstances. The new law made it illegal to kill a child “capable of being born live.” Twenty-eight weeks was the age set at which a fetus was assumed to be able to survive. In 1967, “The Abortion Act” was passed; it permitted the termination of pregnancies subject to certain conditions. Regulations under the act meant that abortions must be performed by a registered practitioner in a National Health Service hospital or a clinic approved by the Department of Health. The last law to be passed was called “The Human Fertilization and Embryology Act 1990.” It introduced a time limit of twenty-eight weeks. The act also confirmed that when a woman had a multiple pregnancy it was legal for a doctor to terminate the life of one or more fetuses, leaving others al

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