The Pros And Cons Of Abortion

Gianna Jessen’s mother was seven months pregnant when, upon the advice of a Planned Parenthood in Southern California, she had a late-term saline abortion. In a saline abortion, a solution of salt saline is injected into the womb, resulting in the baby swallowing it and being burned inside and out. Within twenty-four hours, a dead baby is delivered. However, due to a lack of oxygen in the womb, she was delivered alive after around eighteen hours in the solution. Since she was born with cerebral palsy, the doctors predicted she would be able to do nothing except lie there. However, with the aid of a walker and leg braces, she was able to walk by age three-and-a-half, around the same time she was adopted. Today, she walks with only a slight limp (“Abortion Survivors”).
Gianna’s story is one of

If he had ruled in favor of a fetal right to life and was wrong, women, who in ninety-three percent of abortion cases did not cite rape, incest, or their own health (“Abortion Information”), would not be able to get an abortion. However, if he ruled against a fetal right to life and was wrong, unborn children would be killed, the majority out of convenience. President Ronald Reagan summed this up by saying, “If you don 't know whether a body is alive or dead, you would never bury it. I think this consideration itself should be enough for all of us to insist on protecting the unborn (“Presidential Pro-life Convictions”).” Even if the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest, it would not be the child’s fault. If the mother does not want to raise the child, she can put him or her up for adoption. Even if adoptive parents cannot be found, it is better than being dead. While potential disabilities are sometimes used to attempt to justify abortions, life with a disability is preferable to