The abortion debate Abortion is a form of murder and diminishes the value of human life. Other contraceptive methods are readily available; therefore, abortion should not be a form of birth control. The social contribution of a potentially valuable human being is swept away. Women who miscarry often suffer severe psychological damage from the experience along with, in some cases, the baby's father. Advances in genetic testing may lead to more abortions (to avoid having a non-ideal child). There are many couples who spend years on a waiting list trying to adopt a child. The decision to have an abortion is often made by minors or young adults, who lack the maturity and life experience to make good decisions. People have the right not to see their tax dollars go to something they believe is immoral. Abortion is against the Hippocratic Oath of doctors. The government can control a woman's body." Alley "If they became illegal, abortions would increase, increasing the risk of young women dying or becoming infertile. It is probably better for society to abort children than to have them grow up poor and neglected, where not only the child will suffer but society itself as that child develops a greater attraction to crime, welfare, etc. One brief mistake can take away a woman's childhood and trap her for life. Giving a baby up for adoption can be as emotionally damaging as having an abortion. Abortion is not murder because it is performed before a fetus develops into a human person. Related Links Overview/Context No social issue in America since slavery has ever been as controversial as that of abortion. No issue brings out so much passion and hatred towards the other side. Any court decision concerns... the central part of the paper... and passes through the experience of delivery. Giving that child up for adoption may be the only reasonable option for a girl too immature or poor to raise a child. However, the woman now has to live with the feeling of abandoning her child for the rest of her life. Why do you think so many adoptive parents seek out their children when they are grown? There is no doubt that some women suffer psychological harm as a result of abortion; however, the harm done by giving a child up for adoption is much worse. Abortion is not murder because it is performed before a fetus has developed into a human person. A fetus does not become a true human being until it is physically released from the womb. If you define a fetus as a human being, will you go back and say that a sperm or an egg is a human being? We should ban birth control altogether, as we would be killing a “human"."?