| | '''Abortion''' is the induced termination of a [[pregnancy]],<ref>American Heritage Dictionary definition, [http://www.bartleby.com/61/7/A0020700.html abortion].</ref> often causing [[fetal pain]]. Abortion has two victims: the unborn child, and the mother who can never forget the loss she caused. Breast cancer rates increase by ''more than six times'' for women who have abortion.<ref>[http://www.indianjcancer.com/article.asp?issn=0019-509X;year=2013;volume=50;issue=4;spage=316;epage=321;aulast=Bhadoria AS Bhadoria, U Kapil, N Sareen, P Singh, "Reproductive factors and breast cancer: A case-control study in tertiary care hospital of North India," 50 ''Indian Journal of Cancer'' 4, 316-321 (2013)</ref> Additional victims of abortion include after-born children, who have a higher rate of premature birth and birth defects due to the harm caused by a prior abortion. | | '''Abortion''' is the induced termination of a [[pregnancy]],<ref>American Heritage Dictionary definition, [http://www.bartleby.com/61/7/A0020700.html abortion].</ref> often causing [[fetal pain]]. Abortion has two victims: the unborn child, and the mother who can never forget the loss she caused. Breast cancer rates increase by ''more than six times'' for women who have abortion.<ref>[http://www.indianjcancer.com/article.asp?issn=0019-509X;year=2013;volume=50;issue=4;spage=316;epage=321;aulast=Bhadoria AS Bhadoria, U Kapil, N Sareen, P Singh, "Reproductive factors and breast cancer: A case-control study in tertiary care hospital of North India," 50 ''Indian Journal of Cancer'' 4, 316-321 (2013)</ref> Additional victims of abortion include after-born children, who have a higher rate of premature birth and birth defects due to the harm caused by a prior abortion. |
| − | Abortion is a betrayal of the defenseless unborn child, which fights as hard as he or she can against it. That child loves his or her mother and depends on her protection. Choosing life is the path to happiness amid hope; choosing abortion is the path to despair and loneliness. | + | Abortion is a betrayal of the defenseless unborn child, who fights as hard as he or she can against it. That child loves his or her mother and depends on her protection. Choosing life is the path to happiness amid hope; choosing abortion is the path to despair and loneliness. |
| | As a society we lose future heroes, [[Good Samaritan]]s, entertainers, athletes, scholars, and caretakers, due to abortions. | | As a society we lose future heroes, [[Good Samaritan]]s, entertainers, athletes, scholars, and caretakers, due to abortions. |