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The cause I chose to fully support is Pro-Life (anti-abortion). Abortion
is the removal of a human fetus from the uterus resulting in the death of s
baby. To me, this is an issue which is more than a simple question of
women controlling their own lives and bodies. It is a matter of life and death
for an innocent human being. Right away, some will say that abortion is not
a matter of life and death, arguing that a fetus is not a "person", or a
"human being". Yet, medical research proves that the fetus is a living
organism from the moment of conception. Though it may be argued that
this living organism is not a person, it seems that it can be nothing other
than a human being. Why is it okay to kill a child at 23 weeks old but
wrong at 9 months? At what minute can one consider life to be worthless
and at the next minute that life to be precious? Even most medical texts
and pro-choice doctors agree with pro-choice geneticist Ashley Montagu,
who has written: "The basic fact is simple: life begins not at birth, but at
conception." Even abortionists themselves seem to know that they are
destroying precious life, Ron Fitzsimmons, executive director of the
National Coalition of Abortion Providers is quoted as saying "Women enter
abortion clinics to kill their fetuses. It is a form of killing. You're ending a
life." The problem I have with abortion is: why should we deny this
individual the right to live? At what point is the unborn unworthy to live?
Some believe that even though there may be life, or potential life, or
however one wants to refer to the fetus, that by denying a woman the right
to an abortion is denying her control of her body. Being a woman myself, I
am obviously against people trying to control women or their bodies. But
the fetus is a completely separate life from...