Reasons Why Abortion Should Be Illegal

 
Owing to the fact that human growth begins at conception, it is generally wrong to terminate a pregnancy. Irrespective of the pregnancy stage an abortion is still murder. Whether the practice of abortion should be legalized or not has been a protracted global debate. The legality and other cultural factors regarding abortion differ substantially. Abortion is one of the wrong decisions made by people, some end up dying and other develop health complications which may negatively affect their reproductive system. Abortion involves termination of pregnancy before its full term reaches through removal of fetus or embryo from the mother’s womb hence causing death to the fetus (WHO, 1999, P. 112).

Abortion can either be an induced encounter or it can take place spontaneously. However, in this essay illegality of abortion will be pivoted on induced abortions as spontaneous abortions are considered as miscarriages. Miscarriage is beyond human control and it is not considered as illegal as individuals do not choose to have the embryo killed. Right to life is one of the most fundamental human rights. Abortion violates rights of the growing fetus and embryo. Human life is considered as a sacred gift and no one has a right to willingly take it away. Human being should be allowed to live from the time of conception up to occurrence of natural death (Head, 2009 p.185). Any act to willingly terminate life of unborn fetus is illegal.

Unborn fetus or embryos are small creatures undergoing human development, they are alive and that is why they are growing. Immortal objects do not grow and so unborn fetus or embryos are living human being, terminating their lives is murder. Conception marks day one of human life on earth, unborn fetus and embryo have right to life and abortion would be a definite violation of their right to life. When individual argues that some pregnancies are unwanted this does not make right of fetus invalid. Furthermore it was not their responsibility to be conceived, a woman and man had sex and conception is one of the possible outcomes.