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Misleading Claims about Abortion
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CLAIM: “It’s my body.” ANSWER: A woman’s body does not have two beating hearts, two blood types, two heads, four eyes, four arms, and four legs. A pregnant woman and her baby have all this and more. And what about when she’s pregnant with a male baby? That’s not her body... it’s a unique, baby boy growing in her womb. CLAIM: “It’s only a fetus.” ANSWER: Fetus — literally meaning “little one” in Latin — refers to the preborn baby after eight weeks gestation. Webster’s Dictionary states that a fetus has “passed the early stages of development and attained the basic final form prior to parturition (birth).” Some people seem to have forgotten they once lived and grew in the womb as a “fetus.” Would it have been okay if they had been aborted when they were “only a fetus?” CLAIM: “Abortion is legal; therefore, it must be right.” ANSWER: The U.S. Supreme Court has been wrong on many major decisions and then overturned itself. Remember the Dred Scott case on slavery? If the Supreme Court suddenly declared child abuse or rape legal, would that make them right? Would we ignore such injustices and do nothing to protect the innocent? CLAIM: “Freedom of choice” and “It’s a woman’s right to choose!” ANSWER: How can anyone claim they have the “freedom” or “right” to kill an innocent baby? The only “choice” in abortion is between a dead baby and a live baby. Plus, those who defend this “choice” aren’t consistent. Why is it only in the case of abortion they argue that “choice” should be absolute? Using the same rationale, wouldn’t people have the right to “choose” to use drugs (“it’s my body”) or the right to “choose” to practice prostitution? Humane societies don’t tell people they have a “freedom of choice” to kill their own children. There are right choices and wrong choices.
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