Topic > Arguments Against Abortion - 538

Abortion is wrong and another should not be allowed to occur. There are two points to make, one is that the unborn child is actually a life, so it should not be aborted at any time during pregnancy, and that there are actually some good alternatives to abortion, so it should not be aborted . happen if a mother feels she cannot take care of her child. First, an unborn child is still a life and deserves to be able to live the life it would get without abortion. When an abortion occurs, a life is taken that could otherwise be used to do great things. The child who is aborted could be the one who finds the cure for a disease and saves millions of people. Some people try to claim at some point that the unborn child is alive but the child is alive from conception. The book Fetal Rights supports this idea by stating that “it would be like saying the landmark of life is the presence of wings and antennae and then, after examining the caterpillar, pronouncing that because it has no wings or antennae, it is neither living nor a butterfly. (Alan), yes...