My name is Nadia Corinna Raissa. I attend the XI science 6 class of senior high school number one, Bangkinang.

I am firmly object to issue: abortion should be legalized. I can stand in it because I believe that I have the strongest reasons, here it is. 1. Abortion is a form of murder and demeans the value of human life. When a pregnant women feels a kick in her belly, she doesnt say Oh, the fetus kicked or Oh, the mass of cells that hasnt become a person kicked, she says The baby kicked. Yes, after conception you have a real human being waiting to enter the world. Why should taking someones life when theyre in the womb be any different than taking their life when theyre a baby in the crib? Pro-choice advocates claim this isnt real baby only to justify their wrong acts in their own minds. Even if you dont believe abortion is murder, it still demeans the value of human life, since women can also callously stomp out a living being simply because theyre inconvenienced. 2. Other birth control is readily available; thus, abortion shouldnt be a form of birth control. There are dozens of birth control methods that can keep you from becoming pregnant, including the 100 percent effective one: abstinence. Maybe if abortion wasnt available, people wouldnt be so careless in the first place. 3. The societal contributions of a potentially valuable human being are wiped out. What would the world be like if the mothers of Abe Lincoln, George Washington, or Thomas A. Edison had an abortion? Just maybe a woman has become pregnant despite all birth control attempts because the child is destined to do something great. 4. Women who have abortions often suffer major psychological damage from the experience along with, in some cases, the father of child. Many women who have abortion in their younger years end up living the rest of their lives in perpetual guilt. Even if that women doesnt consider it murder at the time, that may change as she matures. Even Susanti (not her real name), the original woman behind the famous court decision, has completely changed her mind on abortion. She filed a petition to have the decision overtuned to help relieve the guilt of hundreds of thousands of needless deaths she blames on herself. Also, lets not forget that there are two parents of every aborted child. The father may feel just as guilty.

The father may even want the child, but he has no choice if the mother chooses abortion. 5. There are many couples who spend years on waiting lists trying to adopt the child. The number of couples out there who cant have a child of their own for physical reasons are too numerous to count. The waiting list for adopting babies can be 5-10 years or more. Young women in their teens are right to be concerned that theyre not ready to effectively raise a child. However, if that is the case, there are plenty of wonderful people out there who are. Not only would you be bringing a valuable life into the world, youd also be making the dream of a childless couple come true. 6. The advances of genetic testing may prompt more abortions (to avoid having the non-ideal child). All of us who have or wants a kids imagine them growing up to be doctors, senators, sport stars, or whatever. But what would you do if you knew the child would have Downs Syndrome? What would you do if you knew the child would have an intelligence level lower than that required to enter public school? What if the child had a strong risk of schizophrenia? Would you still have the child or would you want an abortion? As genetic knowledge continues to grow, we are able to determine more and more about what a child will be like as an adult. Legalized abortion could turn babies into science experiments. 7. The abortion decision is often made by minors or young adults., who dont have the maturity and life experiences to make good decisions. Theres a good reason why we dont follow people to drink alcohol, smoke, or drive until theyre a certain age. Its because they havent matured enough to make good, sound decisions. Weve all made bad decisions in our younger years that provide us with life experience to make sounder judgement in the future. The one skill that seems to take the longest time to develop is the ability to consider the feelings and needs of someone besides ourselves. Why should such a life or death decision as abortion be made by a person who probably hasnt developed that capacity? 8. People have the right not to see their tax dollars go to something they find immoral. Abortion is a medical procedure that must be performed by a doctor. The government contributes to many health care institutions such as Healthcare for the Homeless, Planned Parenthood, free clinics, etc. All of us who pay taxes have the right toprevent that money from going to something we consider murder. 9. Abortion eliminates legal rights of the unborn child.

The documents of our founding fathers state that we are all entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. By legalizing abortion, we take those rights away from the future Indonesian citizen. Just because the babies cant speak for themselves doesnt mean they have no rights. If a 1-month old is murdered, it that really different than abortion as far as protection an Indonesians life? If a person shoots and killed a pregnant woman, shouldnt the punishment be more severe? If you legalize abortion, it would tell the courts there is no difference. 10. Abortion exposes women to various health risks and the danger of losing fertility. Abortion exposes woman to a number of health risks including, but not limited to, infection, sterility, and in rare cases, death. A number of short-term symtomps such as bleeding, fever, nausea, and vomiting are also common. 11. Abortion is against doctors Hippocratic Oath. Every American doctor must take this fundamental oath, which says First, do no harm. It threatens the very fabric of the entire medical field if doctors start using their own personal philosophies on life to decide who should or shouldnt be harmed. Whether or not you think abortion should be allowed, it cant be disputed that a doctor is harming a living organism. Killing a human being doesnt serve any higher medical purpose and is therefore violation of the oath.