Rebuttals

Unborn babies are innocent human beings from the moment of conception. They have a fundamental right to life which must be protected. The Sixth Commandment of the Bible's Old Testament (Exodus 20:13) is "Thou shalt not kill." Abortion involves killing a human being and defies a commandment from God. According to Janet L. Hopson, science textbook writer and instructor at San Francisco State University, fetuses are capable of feeling pain by week 12. Abortion is wrong because it inflicts pain on a living defenseless human being. The original text of the Hippocratic Oath, the oath that doctors traditionally take when swearing to practice medicine ethically, forbids abortions. One section of the oath reads: "I will not give a woman a pessary [a device inserted into the vagina] to cause an abortion." The modern version of the Hippocratic Oath written in 1964 by Luis Lasagna also forbids abortion in its line, "Above all, I must not play at God."

Abortion is an instrument of genocide against African Americans. Black women are 4.5 times as likely as white women to have an abortion.1,876 black babies are aborted every day. Between 1882 and 1968, 3,446 Blacks were lynched in the US. In less than three days in 2010 more black babies are killed by abortionists.

"There is no reason at all for abortion! I don't want nothing bad to happen to babies! If my mom had an abortion i would not be here... If people want a child they should not be having sex! A child's life is way more important. It doesn't matter if you where raped or not, a child's life is 40 trillions times more important than mine." John, Apr. 22, 2010 "I think abortion should not be made illegal because if you didn'n a society that does not value the human, individual life, which is really quite sad. We don't hold people responsible for their actions, we create laws to rid them of their problems instead. If you are reading this, then you are living, unlike the millions that don't get that chance!" NJB, Apr.

"There is no reason at all for abortion! I don't want nothing bad to happen to babies! If my mom had an abortion i would not be here... If people want a child they should not be having sex! A child's life is way more important. It doesn't matter if you where raped or not, a child's life is 40 trillions times more important than mine." John, Apr. 22, 2010