Abortion: Pro-Life Or Pro Choice.

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Abortion is an issue which more than a simple question of women controlling their own lives and bodies. Since Roman times, abortion and the destruction of unwanted children was permissible, however as our civilisations has aged, it seems that such acts were no longer acceptable by rational human beings. In 1948, Australia along with most other nations in the world signed a declaration of the United Nations promising every human being the right of life. At the same time, the World Medical Association meeting in Geneva stated that the utmost respect for human life was to be from the moment of conception. Medical research proves that the foetus is a living organism from the moment of conception. It is no doubt that the life of a baby begins at the moment of conception in the mother s uterus when a human sperm fertilizes a human ovum. A new human is being created, who carries genes in its cells that make human being uniquely different from another, which undeniably is a member of the great human family.

This has been the perpetual process since the evolution of human race. Pro-lifers believe that each human being from the time of fertilisation to natural death has immeasurable dignity and an unalienable right to life. An embryo is a distinct human life and deserves to be granted the same moral status, respect and dignity granted to an infant, child or adult. In cases where the baby s life is threatened due to unwanted or unplanned pregnancies, alternative solutions to abortion such as adoption and family parenting should be considered. The protection of all innocent human beings should be honoured as a courageous life choice to be supported by our society. Pro-lifers sees life from the starts with conception view , therefore when abortion occurs...