Abortion

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Abortion
In this modern day and age, of such radical opposing opinions, one must take a personal stand regarding their own personal views and convictions. My personal conviction of “Pro-life” stems from a more deeper spiritual and religious belief versus the “human intellect”. Man may have the power of the law of the land, or capital punishment, or abortion but I believe that those decisions should be left to God. The Bible may state “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth”, but in my eyes only God has the right to decide who lives and who dies. There are many other related issues under the topic of abortion such as: pro-life, pro-choice and religious beliefs.
When discussing the topic of abortion, I have witnessed that


pro-choice, pro-life debates generally get kicked off with various view points such as: believing in the right to choose a safe legal abortion (pro-choice) and believing that abortion is murder (pro-life). As a result it is conformed into much larger and emotional issues. Abortion is one of the most controversial and talked about topics of our lifetime. It is discussed in classrooms, work places and even on the Internet. Abortion is defined in the Encarta World English Dictionary as the “termination of pregnancy, resulting in or closely followed by the death of an embryo or fetus. It is an operation or other invention to end a pregnancy by removing an embryo or fetus from the womb”.
Some people have a hard time distinguishing the difference between pro-choice and pro-life, and there is a large difference. Pro-life is in favor of bringing the human fetus to full term. “Those who are pro-life are quite logically also anti abortion. This particular group is convinced that abortion is actually a form of murder. Most of them will recognize that the intent of abortionists is not murder, but they adamantly claim that the act of abortion is nevertheless an act of murder”(Sproul...