Persuasive Essay On Abortion Research Paper

As much as others might want to think that life starts when the egg gets fertilized, it don’t. The fetus is not considered a person until it becomes viable. A fetus is viable when it is able to survive outside of the womb which typically happens between 22 to 26 weeks or pregnancy. This means that the fetus isn’t considered a human being until the end of the second trimester. About 99% of all abortions occur before the 21st week showing that the majority of abortions do not kill humans. The Unborn Victims of Violence Act does, in fact, protect the fetus from assault and murder but the laws do not go against the Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade. These fetal homicide laws were created to charge those who unlawfully kill a fetus with homicide

It is true that a fetus may have brain activity as early as 6 weeks into the pregnancy but their system for pain takes more to complete. The neuroanatomical system for pain isn’t considered fully developed until the 26th week. Even after its fully developed the fetus might still not feel pain. This is because for the fetus to feel pain it must develop what pain is and that doesn’t happen until it is outside of the womb through the adjustment with caregivers and actions it makes. Many people assume that one of the complications of abortions is that there will be an increased risk of breast cancer and that claim is completely false. When a woman goes through an abortion she has the same risk of getting breast cancer as any woman. Recently giving birth though does increase your chance of getting breast cancer. This is believed to be an effect of the high levels of hormones or the rapid growth of breast cells that occur during a pregnancy. Abortions also will not cause any future pregnancy problems as long as the procedure had no complications. If a woman got an infection after an abortion they might have developed scarring in their fallopian tubes and