'Partial-Birth Abortion
and its Affect on the American People'
We sat and watched our televisions and rejoiced as Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced
to life in prison for the brutal killing of hundreds of men, women, and children. Yet, right
now, as you are reading this paper, another life has been taken...a child's life. A child
who, one day, could have been seen take his or her first steps, opened the first Christmas
present. One who later could have went off to school and come home with news of his or
her first new girlfriend or boyfriend. A scholar, who could have fulfilled his or her
dreams by going to college to study in a chosen field, and one day, been deemed one of
the greatest in that particular field. The child who was just 'murdered' could have seen
all of these events come to pass, but instead, the child's mother had a partial-birth abortion
and ended the infant's life forever.
Partial-birth abortion is a topic that has caused a
massive controversy in the past few years. In September, 1993, Brenda Pratt Shafer, a
registered nurse with thirteen years of experience, was assigned by her nursing agency to
an abortion clinic. Since Nurse Shafer considered herself to be 'very pro-choice,' she
didn't think this assignment would be a problem. She was wrong. This is what Nurse
Shafer saw:
'I stood at the doctor's side and watched him perform a
partial-birth abortion on a woman who was six months
pregnant. The baby's heartbeat was clearly visible on the
ultrasound screen. The doctor delivered the baby's body and
arms, everything but his little head. The baby's body was
moving. His little fingers were clasping together. He was
kicking his feet. The doctor took a pair of scissors and
inserted them into the...
Oh my god,
you wrote a very effective essay. i was always pro abortion but not any more. i had no idea people did this to children. thanks for they eye opener.
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