Abortion
Abortion
Bob Knob
University of Phoenix
Abortion
Illegalize Abortion
Ladies, Gentlemen, members of the human race. It is with great respect, dignity and reverence that I come to humbly speak before you today. I stand here today to speak for a group that isn't able to speak for itself. This group of humans could not be here to speak today because we have allowed and continue to allow their parents to willingly kill them before they are able to speak for themselves. I am here today to respectfully ask that we stop the insanity of abortion. I truly believe abortion should be illegal.
I stand before you today not to judge those who may have made the decision for abortion in the past, but to plead with those who may be affected by a similar decision in the future. This issue has been debated for decades and will continue to be debated as long as the forces of good and evil coexist.
On January 22, 1973 abortion was legalized by the U.S. Supreme Court by striking down state laws that protected the life of developing unborn children. The popular Roe vs Wade decision created a new constitutional right for women which gave them the right to privacy which was broad enough to encompass an unborn fetus. It stated that the law protects only "legal persons" and that "legal personhood does not exist prenatally." Roe vs Wade authorized no legal restrictions on abortions during the first three months of pregnancy and a licensed physician could judge the procedure necessary up to birth for reasons of the mother's health.
When does the unborn baby's heart begin to beat?
The heartbeat begins between the eighteenth and twenty-fifth day.
brain begin to function? forty days
Electrical brain waves have been recorded as early as.
How early can a baby survive outside the mother's womb? twenty weeks is considered the accepted minimum. However, this time will be reduced as...
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