Hey guys. I wrote up a quick essay for the common app for topic number two, which is Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. Is abortion too controversial? I did my best to try and personalize it and reveal how i fell about it. Here it is: Oh, and if you think it is decent, feel free to edit it :D. THhanks in advance.
Not many people have directly experienced the tragedy known as abortion. However, the debate on the legality of abortion remains crucial and heated despite this lack of direct experience because abortion interferes with a larger idea. Abortion interferes with a person's sense of right and wrong. Abortion infuriates me because it contradicts what I believe right. Abortion defiles the sanctity of life, and it kills a living, growing human being. The Declaration of Independence states that, "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". How then can our society constitutionally deny these unborn children the "unalienable rights" they deserve? Pro-choice activists completely disregard the unborn child from the issue, and they focus exclusively on women's rights. As a result, our society excludes unborn children from the law, and consequently our world aborts 115,000 unborn children daily.
One side of the debate says outlawing abortion infringes on women's rights, while the other side says abortion infringes on the unborn child's rights. A closer look at the science, however, boils the debate down to just one uncertainty: Is the unborn child a living human being? About 92% of abortions occur during the first trimester, or within the first thirteen weeks of gestation. During those thirteen weeks, the heart begins to beat, and every organ in the human body develops and orients itself. Babies born as early as 20 weeks after conception have survived, yet babies are aborted during this very same time of pregnancy. By using objective science, no intelligent debate exists for the pro-choice debate. The unborn child clearly exists as a distinct human being whose life begins at conception.
The issue of abortion concerns everybody because abortion deals with the fundamental principle of right and wrong. The United States' population splits near dead even on abortion. Half the population approves the legality of abortion, and half disapproves of the legality of abortion. Surprisingly, our nation once faced a similar debate. The United States of America once considered the black man as inferior to the human race. Today, our law considers an unborn child inferior to the human race despite sufficient, reliable evidence that states otherwise. While doubtful abortion will bring our nation to civil unrest, it breaks my heart to see half our country supporting the legality of abortion. What half our nation sees as women exercising their constitutional rights, I see as the extermination of unwanted, unborn human beings. Life begins at conception, and within just eight weeks the single cell that was formed at conception develops every organ and has a beating heart. Abortion ends the life of a human being; therefore, abortion's current state of legality in the United States of America should concern everyone.
Not many people have directly experienced the tragedy known as abortion. However, the debate on the legality of abortion remains crucial and heated despite this lack of direct experience because abortion interferes with a larger idea. Abortion interferes with a person's sense of right and wrong. Abortion infuriates me because it contradicts what I believe right. Abortion defiles the sanctity of life, and it kills a living, growing human being. The Declaration of Independence states that, "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". How then can our society constitutionally deny these unborn children the "unalienable rights" they deserve? Pro-choice activists completely disregard the unborn child from the issue, and they focus exclusively on women's rights. As a result, our society excludes unborn children from the law, and consequently our world aborts 115,000 unborn children daily.
One side of the debate says outlawing abortion infringes on women's rights, while the other side says abortion infringes on the unborn child's rights. A closer look at the science, however, boils the debate down to just one uncertainty: Is the unborn child a living human being? About 92% of abortions occur during the first trimester, or within the first thirteen weeks of gestation. During those thirteen weeks, the heart begins to beat, and every organ in the human body develops and orients itself. Babies born as early as 20 weeks after conception have survived, yet babies are aborted during this very same time of pregnancy. By using objective science, no intelligent debate exists for the pro-choice debate. The unborn child clearly exists as a distinct human being whose life begins at conception.
The issue of abortion concerns everybody because abortion deals with the fundamental principle of right and wrong. The United States' population splits near dead even on abortion. Half the population approves the legality of abortion, and half disapproves of the legality of abortion. Surprisingly, our nation once faced a similar debate. The United States of America once considered the black man as inferior to the human race. Today, our law considers an unborn child inferior to the human race despite sufficient, reliable evidence that states otherwise. While doubtful abortion will bring our nation to civil unrest, it breaks my heart to see half our country supporting the legality of abortion. What half our nation sees as women exercising their constitutional rights, I see as the extermination of unwanted, unborn human beings. Life begins at conception, and within just eight weeks the single cell that was formed at conception develops every organ and has a beating heart. Abortion ends the life of a human being; therefore, abortion's current state of legality in the United States of America should concern everyone.