| Anti Abortion people are commonly referred to | | | | would be painful for the unborn child. |
| as Pro-Life?. This nickname has to do with | | | | However, many other professionals suggest |
| their belief that life begins at conception. | | | | that the fetus cannot feel pain until the |
| Since those who are anti abortion believe | | | | second of third trimester. This means that |
| that life begins at conception, they feel | | | | abortions performed in the first, or even |
| that abortion is essentially murder and | | | | early in the second trimester, do not cause |
| should not be legal for any reason. However, | | | | the fetus to feel any pain. |
| as with any other heated political debate | | | | |
| that has religious and moral implications, | | | | While the Supreme Court of the United States |
| there is a lot of "gray area" between | | | | declared abortion legal with the |
| Pro-Life and Pro-Choice. For example, some | | | | precedent-setting Roe vs. Wade decision in |
| people consider themselves Pro-Life, but are | | | | 1973, states are allowed to ban late term |
| in favor of abortion if the pregnancy | | | | abortions as long as the mother?s health is |
| endangers the mother. | | | | provided for. Essentially, this means that |
| | | | states that have residents who are primarily |
| Christians often are anti abortion. These | | | | anti abortion have placed bans on late-term |
| people draw on messages in the Bible to back | | | | abortions. Currently, there is a ban on one |
| their Pro-Life arguments. Certain books of | | | | late-term abortion procedure, Intact Dilation |
| the Bible, like Luke and Jeremiah, claim that | | | | and Extraction, called the Partial Birth |
| God knows all souls before they are born. | | | | Abortion Ban. This ban does make provisions |
| They interpret this to mean that if God knows | | | | for circumstances when the mother's health is |
| someone before birth, then that person is | | | | at risk, so the Supreme Court is debating the |
| alive the moment he or she is conceived. | | | | validity of the law. |
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| Anti abortionists also believe that the most | | | | Anti abortion proponents claim that even |
| a person will grow and change is when they | | | | abortion in the case of rape or incest should |
| are in the womb. Before birth, a human being | | | | be illegal because the fetus is not at fault. |
| develops all of their physical attributes | | | | They also are against abortion clinic being |
| like arms, legs, a spine, a brain, and the | | | | funded by the government. In fact, many anti |
| ability to feel pain. Fetal pain is a huge | | | | abortionists are so passionate that they will |
| debate that also is important to those who | | | | kill abortion doctors or bomb abortion |
| are anti abortion. Pro-Lifers believe that | | | | clinics. This is by no means represents the |
| the fetus can feel pain during the first | | | | average Pro-Lifer, but rather a very small |
| trimester of pregnancy. Thus, an abortion | | | | percentage. |