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[[Image:Baby.jpg|right|thumb|250px|An unborn child in the third trimester in the womb. Many liberals believe that the unborn child has no right to life.]]

[[Image:Baby.jpg|right|thumb|250px|An unborn child in the third trimester in the womb. Many liberals believe that the unborn child has no right to life.]]

'''Abortion''' is the medically induced or physical termination of a human [[pregnancy]],<ref>American Heritage Dictionary definition, [http://www.bartleby.com/61/7/A0020700.html abortion].</ref> potentially causing [[fetal pain]] if performed after 20-24 weeks.<ref>http://www.mccl.org/unborn-babies-can-feel-pain.html</ref><ref>Lee, S. J. (2005). "Fetal Pain: A Systematic Multidisciplinary Review of the Evidence". JAMA: the Journal of the American Medical Association 294 (8): 947–54.</ref> As of 2013, an estimated 56 million abortions have been performed in the [[United States]] since 1973's landmark Roe v. Wade case,<ref>http://www.numberofabortions.com/</ref> although abortions had been performed illegally before then.<ref>Boyer, Ed. by Paul S. (2006). The Oxford companion to United States history. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-19-508209-8.</ref> Abortion is a profitable industry in the [[United States]]. Although [[Planned Parenthood]] likes to claim abortion accounts for just 3% of its services, according to its 2007-08 budget, it received $1.038 billion of revenue, and half to two-thirds relates to its abortion services. (''See [[Abortion#Planned_Parenthood.27s_Budget|Planned Parenthood's Budget]]'') Dr. George Tiller "estimated that he performed 250 to 300 late-term abortions in 2003, each costing an average of $6,000."<ref>Hegeman, R. (2009, March 25). [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/03/25/kan_doctor_testifies_in_abortion_case_against_him/ Kan. doctor testifies in abortion case against him]. ''Associated Press''.</ref>  

'''Abortion''' is the medically induced or physical termination of a human [[pregnancy]],<ref>American Heritage Dictionary definition, [http://www.bartleby.com/61/7/A0020700.html abortion].</ref> potentially causing [[fetal pain]] if performed after 20-24 weeks.<ref>http://www.mccl.org/unborn-babies-can-feel-pain.html</ref><ref>Lee, S. J. (2005). "Fetal Pain: A Systematic Multidisciplinary Review of the Evidence". JAMA: the Journal of the American Medical Association 294 (8): 947–54.</ref> As of 2013, an estimated 56 million abortions have been performed in the [[United States]] since 1973's landmark [[Roe v. Wade]] case,<ref>http://www.numberofabortions.com/</ref> although abortions had been performed illegally before then.<ref>Boyer, Ed. by Paul S. (2006). The Oxford companion to United States history. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-19-508209-8.</ref> Abortion is a profitable industry in the [[United States]]. Although [[Planned Parenthood]] likes to claim abortion accounts for just 3% of its services, according to its 2007-08 budget, it received $1.038 billion of revenue, and half to two-thirds relates to its abortion services. (''See [[Abortion#Planned_Parenthood.27s_Budget|Planned Parenthood's Budget]]'') Dr. George Tiller "estimated that he performed 250 to 300 late-term abortions in 2003, each costing an average of $6,000."<ref>Hegeman, R. (2009, March 25). [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/03/25/kan_doctor_testifies_in_abortion_case_against_him/ Kan. doctor testifies in abortion case against him]. ''Associated Press''.</ref>  

All of the arguments for abortion fall flat when given serious scrutiny. Right to choice is a misnomer, since moral people can recognize that choosing to murder is a choice worthy of punishment. Right to one's body is no excuse for using that body to harm others. A right to privacy should not permit the taking of life when that life is inconvenient, whether in the privacy of one's own home or own body. And  

All of the arguments for abortion fall flat when given serious scrutiny. Right to choice is a misnomer, since moral people can recognize that choosing to murder is a choice worthy of punishment. Right to one's body is no excuse for using that body to harm others. A right to privacy should not permit the taking of life when that life is inconvenient, whether in the privacy of one's own home or own body. And