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Abortion Kills

“Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love but to use violence to get what they want. This is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion.” – Mother Teresa

When it come to abortion, you’ll find two groups of people: one who believes that abortion is killing a human being, and the other who believes that every women has the right to determine and control what happens to her own body.

For obvious reasons, I belong the to first group. I’m strongly against abortions or killing the human fetus. It’s a cruel manner of terminating the life of a human being, and we should all oppose it. However, if an abortion must be performed, then it should be done only under the following conditions, within the first trimester:

  1. unwanted pregnancy while the girl is under the age of sixteen
  2. forced intercourse
  3. to preserve the health of the mother (serious medical or psychological problems)

The baby’s heart starts beating between 18 to 25 days of conception. In one month time, the baby’s eyes, legs, and hands begin to develop. In 40 days, the baby’s brain waves can be detected, her lips are present and fingernails are formed. By two and half months or 12 weeks, the baby can experience pain — she now has the spinal cord, nerves and the thalamus. The sweetest thing happens on the 17th week: she can now have dreams. Now you tell me: wouldn’t it be a cruel decision to kill this baby?

Aborted at 8 weeks.

Every abortion is just…
One more heart that was stopped.
Two more eyes that will never see.
Two more hands that will never touch.
Two more legs that will never run.
One more mouth that will never speak.

Don’t support abortions. Don’t support the doctors who performs abortions. Say yes to life.

This blog post is dedicated in memory of the unborn children, victims of abortion.

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  • Thank you for sharing your views with us. I knew a little about abortions but never thought about it this way. I hope to get another post from you with further details on this topic.
    Fatema

  • Answer to Era's question:
    This isn't a conspiracy theory. Scientists have observed Rapid Eye Movement (REM) on the fetuses from the 17th week of conception. It's an established fact that dreams occur during this REM phase (also known as paradoxical sleep).

  • babies r very precious.. doing abortion is lyk killing a human being..i agree wid dis article..n considering abt da 3 conditions.. abt da 1st one dat wen da girl is under 16..most ppl dont go by dat.. many ppl do take abortions at later ages..u know being careless or for fun..n to avoid da shame from da society dey get rid of da baby..i or any of us who dint go through dat wont understand how dey feel in dat situation..if i were in dat situation i wud b scared to death too.. but even in dis situation i guess i wudnt abort coz it was my mistake n not da baby's.. it is wrong to abort a baby.. it is another life just like u n me..n deserve da same..

  • Abortion er jonno prothomoto dayi kara? Is it the doctors? The answer is NO.
    Kauke jodi doshi korte hoy tahole bachchar baba and maa kei kora uchit. amader society te praay dekha jay baba er chape porai maa ra usually doctor er kase jaay abortion korar jonno. E khetre doctor er ki beshi kichu bolar ashe?
    BD te joto abortion kora hoy tar ekta boro ongsho kore non-medical person ra. That person kisu din Hospital e kaaj kore aaya ba word boy hishabe, dekhe dekhe kichu shikhe, then nijai ojopara gaaye ekta clinic khule abortion kore. Ete onek complication o dekha jay, jemon: excessive bleeding, which leads to maternal mortality, and sterility.
    Tahole, amader koronio ki? Amader public awareness create korte hobe about the complications with abortion. And jodi abortion shotti necessary hoy, tahole ta ekjon skilled medical person ke diyei kora uchit.

  • this is the part doesnt seem garbage to me……….
    rus,i need to talk with u abt this again… but dont know when…

  • i have never written on a wall like this before and i feel so awful. like many others i guess. i am not tring to protect anyone who has had an abortion, as i have had 2. i feel like a serial killer and i hate myself/, i have been damaging my body in various ways ever since my first abortion at age 17. And i have had to lve with it through uni. i am now nearly 20 and hate myself every day. i love my babies and wish i could see them, mummy is mearly a killer. that is all i feel. x i love you x

  • im really confused, i am only 15 and i am pregnant.. i pretty big now, bbut i dont kno who the father is, i made the decision to keep my baby, but i really dont know wat to do now im really stressed and i dont know how i will be able to cope with a chiild at my age. my parents dont want anything to do with me and no one is going to support me, im thinking about getting an abortion..
    jen xoxo

  • For Jennifer: I think you should better go for an abortion as you’re very young… talk to your parents about it. And in the future, be careful about making love — use protection or simply don't do it. Making love isn't the only thing in the world that you could do, right?

  • "1. unwanted pregnancy while the girl is under the age of sixteen
    2. forced intercourse
    3. to preserve the health of the mother (serious medical or psychological problems)"
    …these are tough situations to deal with but murdering an innocent human being is not the way to deal with them.
    1. A teenager who gets pregnant always has the option of puting the child up for adoption. They made a conscious choice and should take responsibility for it. If they are not ready to give birth, they should prevent it by not having sex. If you dont have sex, you won't get pregnant. If you have sex, even with contraceptives, there is still the possibility and you must be willing to deal with the consequences.
    2. If the woman gets pregnant through rape and does not want a child, adoption again is always an option. The baby is just as much of a victim as the woman is, so killing the poor innocent child is just as unfair and cruel as a man forcing a woman to have sex.
    3. This reason, to me, relies on my faith. I believe that there is a bigger plan for all of us and what is meant to happen will happen. I leave it up to God to determine when someones life is ending. As hard as it may be, we have to let Him decide whether or not the mother will live. When she has an abortion she is "playing God" and taking the baby's life, instead of letting God carry out what is meant to happen.
    These are just my opinions and I know not everyone shares them, especially those dealing with God. However, human life begins at conception. that is not a belief; it is fact.
    If a person shoots a pregnant woman, and she and the baby die, the person is charged with TWO murders, EVEN if she was planning on an abortion!! This is completely contradicting the legalization of abortion, for obvious reasons. An infant in the womb, first, second, or third trimester, is a living human being. Killing a human being is murder, a capital crime and a mortal sin. Abortion is murder.

  • By the way I love everything else that you said and agree with you 100%
    Its nice to see other people who think about it reasonably and not just making decisions based on their own selfish wants.
    I just think that if you are against abortion and against killing a human life, you need to be totally against it, with no exceptions. The baby is always just an innocent victim.
    And I love the Mother Teresa quote!

  • russell , how can you tell that young girl to abort her baby , i read in her comment she is big now!!! so how far gone must she be!!! she is 15 she will get here life back !!! jennifer please be strong … i am 5 weeks pegnant and wanting to abort as i already have a child ..

  • common sense, reason, and faith, I have always been against abortions. my mom works for an OBGYN and even before she worked there, I was against abortions. But I did agree to the first three steps though, the aborting the baby if raped, under 16, and a health issue. But when I read all three of your statements, it made me change my mind. God does have a plan, and we shouldn't try to change it. But what if God wants the woman to abort her baby so she'll live, but say the woman was once struggling in life, and of course, after aborting the baby, she's going to struggle more. But what if God uses that baby to help strengthen her and get over what she had been struggling with? We never know God's plan. He might end up using that woman to save people's lives, to do great things. We never know. God gave us the freedom of choice, but even before we make that choice, God knows what it'll be, and he has the power to change it. God doesn't want any baby to be aborted, nor did he want any body to die in the Holocaust. He has his reason's for everything. Death comes to everything, and that lady who's pregnant and needs to abort the baby so she won't die, maybe God doesn't think it's time for her to leave yet.

  • doing an abortion is like murdering an unborn child…ur own child. i lose all respect 4 ppl who think its ok to murder.

  • thank you so much for sharing your views on abortion…. I had to do a school project on abortion and i came to your web and this has helped me back up my research paper……

  • who can have a heart big enough to kill such a maricle…It is God's plan for you tohave a child … and when you killing it then you arent respectinghis wish…

  • I appreciate comments from ppl who say ppl like me shud rot in hell and that we are murderers and that they have no respect for us. Every human being has a right to free will, to express their opinions and do with their body what they wish!
    However, i think every woman has the right to decide what is best for her well being and the unborn childs. No-one should be ridiculed or persecuted for doing what they think is right at that moment in time.
    Many people, like myself totally regret what they did and punish themselves everyday for it. We do not need people who have never been in such a difficult position to ridicule us or put us down! We punish ourselves enough as it is! We put ourselves through hell every day of our lives!
    Frankly i am disgusted with anyone who feels so strongly against abortion that they feel the need to parade their beliefs and their thoughts and make us feel more guilty than we already do! Pro-life paraded themselves outside the abortion centre i went to.I did not even want to have one but was only 15 at the time and i did not have much choice in the matter.
    Adoption is not always the best option, it can lead to children feeling depressed and unloved and make it difficult for them to form attatchments when they are older.
    So, i suggest that people start taking into consideration others thoughts and feelings before ridiculing them!
    Im disgusted in anyone who has posted such horrible words!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Every woman has the right to her own decisions and body!!!!!!

  • "No-one should be ridiculed or persecuted for doing what they think is right at that moment in time"
    Does that include murderers? Last time I checked, when someone murders someone else, they go to jail. For a very long time. And are persecuted. Even if they thought it was the right thing to do.
    "Adoption is not always the best option, it can lead to children feeling depressed and unloved and make it difficult for them to form attatchments when they are older."
    So… instead of having the child unhappy, you would have the child dead? Wow. Wonderful reasoning. That makes a lot of sense.
    Prochoice arguments are so weak it makes me sick. The woman's own body? There's another body inside there. I pity the women who have gone through abortions and see the error of their ways… however, I have no respect for those who have done so and still stick by the prochoice mentality. You deserve all the hell and guilt and pain you go through… just imagine the pain your baby went through when it was chopped to pieces, or burned with saline, or sucked out of the womb with his or her own mother's consent.

  • Did any of you consider the overpopulation problem? Did any of you consider the lives that may be ruined by teenagers trying to raise a child when they can't raise themselves? (But I suppose you believe they'll be alright; I mean we do have welfare.)Do you religious zealots forget "judge not lest ye be judged?" The imposition of one's will upon another is far worse a sin than anything discussed here. He who is withut sin, continue to cast your stones. The rest of you should not jest at scars that never felt a wound.

  • HI MY NAME IS BRENDA, TUBE RELACIONES A LOS 18 PERO EL CHIKO SOLO QUERIA ACOSTARSE CONMIGO, EL NO ME QUERIA SOLO QUERIA PASAR EL TIEMPO CONMIGO, CON EL TIEMPO ME DI CUENTA QUE ESTABA ENBARAZADA Y NO SABIA QUE ACER, TENIA MUCHOS PROBLEMAS EN MI CASA, Y MI MAMA ERA CAPAS DE CORRERME DE MI CASA, TENIA MUCHO MIEDO, MI HERMANO ME ODIABA, Y MI NOVIO ME DEJO.. AORA TENGO MI BABY Y A SIDO MUY DIFICIL PERO ME FUI DE MI CASA MUY LEJOS CON UNA AMIGA, Y ADORO A MI BEBE Y EL PADRE DE MI BABY NO SABE QUE LO TUBE, LO ADORO Y POR NADA DEL MUNDO LO DEJARIA. ME DI CUENTA QUE LOS HOMBRES NO VALEN LA PENA TODOS JUEGAN CON LAS CHIKAS Y LUEGO LAS DEJAN ASTA QUE NOS DESTRUYEN LA VIDA POR COMPLETO, Y ELLOS SIGUEN COMO SI NADA. GRACIAS

  • l’avortement est un crime!je me demande comment une femme peux decider de tuer son propre enfant!je trouve cela monstrueux!regarder ces images ma degouter!j’ai 18ans et j’ai un bebe d’un an.. c’est pas parceque je suis jeune que j’aurais pu oser penser a me faire avorter..un bebe est la plus belle chose au monde.viendra le jour ou toutes celles qui se sont faites avorter paieront pour leurs crime,j’espere qu’elles iront pourrir en ENFER!!!

  • Translation of Venessa's text (French):
    Abortion is a crime! I wonder how a woman can decide to kill her own child! I find that monstrous! I am 18 years old and I have a one year old baby. It is not because I am young that I could have dared to think has to make me fall through. A baby is the most beautiful thing in the world. The day will come when all those fall through will pay for their crime, I hope that they will rot in HELL!!!

  • Abortion is not a good thing, ur killing a gift from god. Abortions are killing ur child and people who do that dont know how much women who cant have children are so confused

  • no offence intended Russel, but I really don't understand how you get away with influencing the life of women, especially young, emotionally confused women on a website such as this. These are your own personal beliefs, with the exception of a few of your friends, and I don't believe that you will have experienced the shock of an unplanned pregnancy. Every woman has a different situation. And claiming that a pregnancy is a gift from God is morally wrong! Marriage is classed as a gift from God and I believe its now 1 in 3 marriages that ends in divorce. Your views are old fashioned and quite frankly out of order!

  • Stating that claims regarding any abstract entity such as t3h Jesus are wrong, seems to be wrong too. Then again, from an oddball relativistic view, so is anything else spread out for the world to see, but not explicitly requested. Especially those that impact lives in a particularly significant way. In any event, assholes abound on the int3rn3tz, and I can't help but wonder about the utility of engaging them in the first place. Course, maybe you're just polite, and I'm simply a bitter troll.

  • Thank you for this well written opinion, I have an ethics paper which may include the subject of abortion tomorrow and found this page helpful.
    I cant pretend I agree with you in the slightest with your views on abortion, but its refreashing to hear somebody behaving like and adult for once and calmly discussing this matter. Just look at half this comments; this isn a debate its turning into some playground tiff! Thankyou Russell and other contributers for giving us a clear view on both sides of this matter
    X

  • russel, you told that girl of 15 to abort her baby but then in another statement you say that abortion is a crime. so why were you telling that young girl what you think she should do! if you strongly beleived in pro life you wouldnt even think about telling anyone to abort there child! you veiws seem to change! are you pro life or not? make your mind up and stick to it becuase your opinons are begining to sound fake! im in favour for abortion but i dont agree with the fact that its used as a contrecptive! thats out of order!!! but if a woman really doesnt want to go through with a pregnancy then you cant judge them! and as i remeber in the bible or something like that it says something like so judge other people! if you beleive in God enough then you would listen to his words! and if God really is real then wouldnt he stop abortion if he really didnt want it to happpen! abortion is apart of life. and i dont see how men can say that its imorral, how the hell do you know what women have to go through! dont be so insensitve. i know you think its wrong but for everyones sake whats the point really? its a big discussion that is carried out throughout the world but no matter what anyone says its always gonna happen so concentrate on your own lifes instead of meddiling in everyone elses!!! im 14 years old and this website has realli helped me gain more information xxx

  • i don't think anyone is pro-abortion, i meen who likes the though of killing an innocent baby, those people who are pro-choice are merely stating that they believe that they should have a choice in the matter, it doesn't state that they believe abortion is right, don't judge people who believe that it is right to have a choice in any decison, on your own account you will possibly judge a person who has had an abortion which anyone has a right to based on their own beliefs, but don't judge people for being pro-choice because it's not pro-abortion at any cost it is merely fighting to have a choice on what to do

  • I am pro-abortion. But I think that it should only be for women who have their health in danger because of the baby, if they are 18 or younger, if they cannot afford to take car of the baby, or if they were raped.

  • In response to shorty:
    No, we never know God's plan. But if God wants to save a woman from death due to complications, He will. Miracles do happen, and with God, all things are possible.
    Thank you for writing this article, Russell. But I must say that I agree with common sense, reason, and faith about the whole being against abortion fully thing. No offense or anything.
    Although, your points create a really good compromise between pro-life and pro-abortion. They might sway pro-choicers to be pro-life. :]

  • i'm only 12, and i believe that abortion is wrong. i believe that it was the mothers fault for getting pregnant in the first place, and that u shouldn't punish the child, because of their mistakes. i believe that every human should have a chance at life. this is one of my favorite quotes: "you never know how precious life is until it's taken away from you". and so i wont get pregnant @ a young age, i have vowed that i'm not going to get pregnant until i am married, and ready for a child. these mothers shouldnt be getting abortions. they should just put their child up for adoption. i am strongly against abortion!!

  • These comments that people write are quite intriguing. I can not understand why people are having arguments with others over their opinions though, because everyone has a right to their own thoughts. I personally believe in a woman's right to abort, but I could not do it. Feel free to contact me at my stated email address to "argue" your opinion.

  • I really thing that people who kill babies are the meaniest because why wont they let the most cuestest things in there life live. I think that 9 monthes are very imported.Also 9 monthes are the best things that could happen even if you have to suffer a lot to have this baby but it is a pain that at end of it we will have a new born baby in our hands!!!!!!!!!!!
    Say YES to LIFE!!!!!!!

  • I would rather be pro-choice… I personally just don't care enough about an unborn sack of sells to get all upset about it.
    Until a baby is born it has no rights in my opinion.
    Babies aren't even sentient…
    I mean really… who cares?

  • Im Against Abortion, But I Agree With The 3 Conditions Above, Even Though Im Only 15 At The Minute, If I Was To Be Pregnant I Would Keep My Baby Cos I Dont Belive In Killing A Baby When He/She Has A Chance To Live..I Feel Strongly About This & Think Abortion Should Only Be Considered Under Important Circumstances..Love Hanna πŸ˜€ X

  • i had an abortion when i was 16 years old and pro – lifers made me so sad that i ended up cutting my wrists. Pr-lifers should be abit more considerate to the ppl that have had abortions. Calling young girls a muderer for takeing a bunch of unwanted cells out of her body is inhumain. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but please dont rub it in other peoples faces … i am now 22 and 8 weeks pregnant, this time i am having my baby. But i do not regret the abortion i had.

  • I do not think that there is EVER a good enough reason to get an abortion. My grandmother was raped at the age of 18 and conceived my mother. If she would have had an abortion then my mother would not be here today and as a result I would not be here or my three children. There are always other options besides abortion.