| Term Paper Title | Abortion |
| # of Words | 740 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 2.96 |
Abortion
Nickerson 1
A partial-birth abortion involves delivering a living, late-term baby, feet first, except for the head, and then puncturing the skull with scissors and suctioning out the brain. If the child were to be pulled out 3 more inches and then stabbed, the person responsible would be charged with homicide. But this child is only four-fifths of the way born, so it's called an abortion: a partial-birth abortion. If you did this "procedure" to a dog in Ohio, you'd be jailed for cruelty. So how can President Clinton support it? How can even the most hardened pro-abortion groups lobby for it?
Although I feel that a person has the right to choose to an abortion, I feel that partial birth abortion is not only disgusting but also unethical. Although abortions go against all the teaching of the Bible, I believe in some circumstances I feel it's necessary For instance, I feel a woman has the choice if she was raped and became pregnant, or her life is in jeopardy. When you perform a partial birth abortion not only are you destroying a baby almost at full term, but in turn you're also committing murder. The baby is almost ready to be born. It's developed almost completely, and no one should have the right to take its life away from it, especially if it's healthy enough to live a normal and productive life.
In September 1993, Brenda Pratt Shafer, a registered nurse with thirteen years experience, was assigned by her nursing agency to a clinic where abortionist Martin Haskell, a pioneer in the partial birth abortion procedure, performed abortions. Since Nurse Shafer considered herself and abortion supporter she did not think the assignment would be a problem. She was wrong. At a recent press conference held by NJRTL, Nurse Shafer described her horrific experience in witnessing a partial birth abortion:
Nickerson 2
"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...Read entire document
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