Abortion: Breaking The Silence

Abortion. Everyone knows about it, but very few people care to express their opinions on the issue for fear of causing disagreements and heated arguments. It's a silent issue that needs to be brought out into the open to discourage people of the practice.
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Everyone knows the consequences of their actions, and when they can't handle those consequences, they immediately look for an easy way out. Abortion offers a quick fix for those who are not able to accept their mistakes or the possibilities that come with the birth of a child. Those people do not understand the damage they are doing not only to the baby, but also to themselves.
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Abortion is selfish. Most people only use it to protect themselves from a hard life or to protect their status in life. Some, mostly young people, use it to protect their reputation and innocence; some use it to protect themselves from a child with disabilities; some use it to protect themselves from having to spend money on someone other than themselves; some, who get numerous abortions, even use it for birth control! The baby has no chance to even live its own life.
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Abortion is murder. People try to convince themselves that what they are doing is right because they believe the child is not yet a person until a certain week in pregnancy or even until birth. The truth is, though, that a child becomes a living person when conceived. Abortion kills that baby. If you kill someone, it is murder whether that person in fully developed or not.
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Abortion is harmful. Of course, the baby suffers death in an abortion, but the mother is also harmed. Usually, after an abortion, a woman may suffer from a life of perpetual guilt. Abortions can damage a woman's reproductive system making it impossible for them to ever conceive a child again, and, even if they do, it can increase chances of miscarriages, stillbirths, and other birthing complications.
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People always try to argue that abortion can help protect the baby from a bad life of poverty, drugs, crime, etc. The women should have thought about the consequences before they acted and brought a baby into their life. If they did not take the time to think, there are options like adoption to help give the baby a better life because many people are not able to conceive and would be thankful for that baby.
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Other people say abortion can protect a mother from death during birth. Today, doctors offer many test which can predict future birthing complications. Every woman who is ready to conceive should consider getting tested before they put their own life in danger and have to end the life of another.
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There is only one exception. Abortion is only okay in certain issues such as rape where a woman cannot help the fact of conception and the complications that may follow. Even in this case, though, they should consider adoption rather than ending an innocent life.
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Women need to consider all consequences before they act and damage their life and the life of an innocent, little baby. Ignorance is the only thing keeping a woman from this. Women have the choice to protect themselves and others, but they must stay informed and make the right choices. Abortion is selfish; abortion is murder; abortion is harmful. Abortion is NOT right!