... are pro-abortion justify their beliefs through the concept that a fetus is only a blob of tissue until it is born, or the statement: life begins at birth. Abortion is not as simple as removing a "blob of tissue" (as the pro-abortion activists put it) from a woman's body. Abortion is the destruction ... Senate Judiciary Subcommittee meeting, most scientists said that life begins at conception or implantation of the embryo. No scientist at the meeting claimed that life begins at birth (Factbot). Professor Hymie Gordon of the Mayo clinic stated, "' by all criteria of modern biology, life is...

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... a significant increase in cocaine consumption. An annual survey conducted on prenatal cocaine exposure, has indicated that the usage of cocaine during child birth is extensive. Findings from the National Survey of drugs have shown that approximately 45000 babies have been prenatally exposed to cocaine. Injuries to ... separate study showed that, the language of children six years and nine and a half years language results was decreased due to their age, birth weight, and their gender. These children with PCE showed lower language skills at age six years than age nine and a half. Furtherm...

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... of procedures available to pregnant women: screening tests and diagnostic tests. Screening tests estimate the risks that the fetus is at risk for certain birth defects, specifically Down Syndrome, Trisomy 18, and Open Spina Bifida. Diagnostic tests tell whether or not the fetus actually has the condition. ... have high abnormal results (high or low) to prevent missing a fetus with a defect. So a positive result does not necessarily mean there is a birth defect in the fetus. The screening will detect 20-30% of affected fetuses. Results are measured on two levels either high or low. High le...

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... study in Obstetrics & Gynecology found that women have a much lesser risk of mortality from an abortion, 0.6 in 100,000, while risks of dying from birth total 8.8 in 100,000; around 14 times higher than abortion risks ("Should Abortion Be..."). Along with this finding, the study also discovered that ... to terminate a fetus with severe abnormalities. In many cases, fetuses have profound disorders that will lead to death during pregnancy or shortly after birth. In such situations, it would be better to terminate the pregnancy, rather than force the woman to carry a deformed child to term....

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... mother's health is in danger. Some women die during labor due to prior heart problems and excessive bleeding. High blood pressure can also lead to death of women when giving birth. Abortion can also be considered as an alternative when dealing with rape incidents or instances of incest. If the mother holds a choice to give up her unwanted baby to erase ... cannot be as awful a feeling as terminating a pregnancy and murdering an unborn child before it has a chance to live. People who do approve of abortion argue this, but after the birth the woman can then give the baby up for adoption. ...

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... willing to concede that life begins at conception, yet I would still advocate a system in which the killing of an unborn child is preferable to forcing an unwilling mother to give birth. And I do not believe that community rights in this matter are equal to individual rights. While the rights of the community are not to be ignored, the final decision should ... ...

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... willing to concede that life begins at conception, yet I would still advocate a system in which the killing of an unborn child is preferable to forcing an unwilling mother to give birth. And I do not believe that community rights in this matter are equal to individual rights. While the rights of the community are not to be ignored, the final decision should ... ...

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... willing to concede that life begins at conception, yet I would still advocate a system in which the killing of an unborn child is preferable to forcing an unwilling mother to give birth. And I do not believe that community rights in this matter are equal to individual rights. While the rights of the community are not to be ignored, the final decision should ... ...

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