Abortion

Look at a human being 8 weeks after conception and everyone can tell the difference between a man and a woman, and will be able to look at the fetus and tell whether it is a baby boy or a girl. It is said that a fetus is not just another part of a women's body like an appendix. The fetus is distinct and different and has it's own heart beat. Do you know that the fetus' heart started beating just 18 days after a new life was created, beating before the mother even knew she was pregnant? By 3 months of pregnancy the developing baby is just small enough to be held in the palm of a man's hand but look closely at this 3-month-old fetus. All his organs are formed and all his systems working. He swims, he grasps a pointer, he moves freely, he excretes urine. By 16 weeks it is obvious to all, except those who have eyes but deliberately do not see or should I say the ones who are trying not to see this, that this is a young human being.
             The people that are strongly against abortion are known as prolife. Some people call pro-life feminists or anti-choice well, pro-life feminists are anti-choice, when it comes to abortion. Opposition to abortion is frequently found in old persons, people with less education, persons with lower income, Afro-Americans, republicans, and political conservatives. Surprisingly a poll in the year 2000 stated that 51% of American adults believe that abortions should be legal under certain circumstances. Almost no pro-life advocate argues that it is better to force women to have babies they do not want than to help them want the babies they might have. These people believe that abortion should only be allowed for pregnancy resultant from assault rape and incest, or for pregnancies when the developing baby is severely handicapped. The pro-life goal is very simple. They want an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that will give equal protection under the law to all humans from the time their biologic life begins at conception until natural death.