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What would it be like to die so young and so fragile? What would it be

like to kill something so young and so fragile? Abortion, in my definition, is

the taking of a life. Now it is hard for me to sit here and type this paper

when I know good and well that if my daughter or wife were ever raped I would

want whatever was inside of them out -- immediately. I think that to take the

life of an unborn just because the couple involved were too lazy to use

contraceptives, is immature and quite horrid. In this informative paper, you as

a reader will come to understand the facts on abortion and then understand where

I stand.



Let us begin. According to US Abortion data provided in 1995 by Planned

Parenthood, there were 1.8 million first trimester abortions, 180 thousand

second trimester abortions, and about four thousand required Hysterotomies. Now

according to these figures we, as the United States, killed/aborted 1,984,000

fetus'. Sure we could keep down the increase in our population at this rate,

but where would we be emotionally? Speaking from a "my" point of view, I

wouldn't get to far. I enjoy children profusely and thinking that there are 1.9

million children less in the world every year sends shivers down my spine. But

I guess you may say that it is not my place to speak.



There are fewer deaths per million abortions than per million births

according to the Planned Parenthood survey of 1995. There are nine deaths per

million abortion procedures and sixty-three deaths per million births. Both

complications and the death rate rise with the age of the fetus. I can