that she had sex (Broude 4).
             Some believe that the fetus is being aborted and not a baby. They think that the fetus hasn't developed enough to let it be called a baby (7). A fetus is known as the unborn young of a viviparous vertebrate (Levine 5). Even though the fetus is unborn, it is still recognized as a human being and should be treated that way.
             Aristotle believed that children were a common good to parents but there are circumstances (deformity, overpopulation) in which certain children should be destroyed (Shelp 28). Take China for example. The country is so overpopulated that there is a limit to one child per family. So what happens when a third child is conceived? Does that make abortion right then?
             Abortion is legal in the USA at any time throughout the entire nine months of pregnancy. 37,000,000 babies have been aborted since 1776. At 18 days after conception, a baby's heart is already beating. At 6 weeks, brain waves can be measured. At 8 weeks, the stomach, liver, and kidneys are functioning, and fingerprints have formed. At 9 weeks, the unborn child can feel
             pain. 700,000 abortions are performed each year in America after 9 weeks into the pregnancy. The overwhelming majority of all abortions, (95%), are done as a means of birth control. Only 1% are performed because of rape or incest; 1% because of fetal
             abnormalities; 3% due to the mother's health problems. 1.5 million babies die each year from abortion; That's 4,000 babies every day; That's 1 baby every 20 seconds (Costa 102).
             There are many different methods to go about aborting a child. There is Suction Abortion, this is the most common abortion technique in use today. In this procedure, A powerful vacuum tears the placenta from the uterus and dismembers the b
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