Saturday, August 8, 2009

What is Abortion?


An ABORTION is an induced elective, or “therapeutic”, extraction of an embryo or fetus (i.e. baby) from the uterus resulting in its death.

The definition includes the term “induced” as it differentiates from a natural expulsion of a baby due to a miscarriage or still birth. The term “elective” is used to describe a non-obligatory procedure that is consciously made by the individual while the term “therapeutic” is used to describe an abortion that is performed to benefit the health of the mother.

Note, that the end result of an abortion is death, termination, the cessation of life. All of these terms certainly seem to imply that in order for there to be death, there must have been life! So, why is it that so many people do not see abortion as murder?

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