Should Abortion be Legal?

There are many controversies over whether or not abortion should be legal in the US. A large number of these stem from religious arguments. In order to maintain as objective a view as possible, we shall rely purely on science. According to the scientific definition, an organism is of a certain species if it has DNA within the normal range of variation for that species. Science doesn't distinguish belonging to a species based on age. It says that you are of a species from conception to death. Since science says that an embryo or fetus is a human, the argument turns to when that embryo or fetus is actually alive. After 4 weeks of development, the embryo starts to develop a heart. The circulatory system also forms around this time, and the heart is pumping blood by early in the 6th week. After 7 weeks, the central nervous system starts to develop. The brain starts to develop in the 9th week, and by week 16 is fully functioning. Around this time the fetus becomes aware of its surroundings. Many studies have shown that the fetus consistently responds to stimulation after the first 14-17 weeks. At this point all that is left to develop is the skeletal structure and the muscles, and the other body systems are just getting more complicated and well developed. I think it would be reasonable to say that after 3 months, the fetus is definitely a person. The only reason that fetuses born after this time die is because of size and errors in the digestive tract. Many studies have shown that if the mother gives birth after 4 months then the fetus has more than a 50% chance of living past There are many controversies over whether or not abortion should be legal in the US. A large number of these stem from religious arguments. In order to maintain as objective a view as possible, we shall rely purely on science. According to the scientific definition, an organism is of a certain species if it has DNA within the normal range of variation for that species. Science doesn't distinguish belonging to a species based on age. It says that you are of a species from conception to death. Since science says that an embryo or fetus is a human, the argument turns to when that embryo or fetus is actually alive. After 4 weeks of development, the embryo starts to develop a heart. The circulatory system also forms around this time, and the heart is pumping blood by early in the 6th week. After 7 weeks, the central nervous system starts to develop. The brain starts to develop in the 9th week, and by week 16 is fully functioning. Around this time the fetus becomes aware of its surroundings. Many studies have shown that the fetus consistently responds to stimulation after the first 14-17 weeks. At this point all that is left to develop is the skeletal structure and the muscles, and the other body systems are just getting more complicated and well developed. I think it would be reasonable to say that after 3 months, the fetus is definitely a person. The only reason that fetuses born after this time die is because of size and errors in the digestive tract. This logic would also follow that to abort a baby after 3 months would be killing it as it is fully alive. Even if you don't except the three month rule, it has been shown in many studies that after the first 4 months a fetus has more than a 50% chance of surviving outside the womb. This would definitely be considered to be a living creature by any reasonable scientist. While some might think that the constitution doesn't say anything against murder, it does. Amendment 5 says that none may be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. According to this, the baby can't be allowed to be killed by the government unless the government says that it has done something wrong. I think we can all agree that a fetus is innocent of all crimes that would warrant the death penalty. If it is innocent, then whoever kills it would be guilty of killing an innocent. According to current law, if you kill an innocent, you go to jail or get the death penalty for it. In conclusion, the constitution prohibits the government from sanctioning abortion. Also as long as the government bans murder, it must punish those who abort a fetus. Those doctors who help abort the fetus are also responsible for its death by the same rules that say the hit man who was hired is as guilty of the murder as the employer. 

P.S. if what is inside the woman's womb isn't a human baby, then by definition she isn't pregnant and there is no problem; however, if it is a human baby, then you are admitting it is murder. 

Ronald Reagan - "I notice that everyone who is pro-abortion has already been born"