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Quick Facts
The heartbeat begins between the eighteenth and
twenty-fifth day.
When does the brain begin to function?
Electrical brain waves have been recorded as early as forty days.
How early can a baby survive outside
the mother’ womb?
Currently, twenty weeks is considered the
accepted minimum. However, this time will be reduced as medical technology continues to
improve.
What about cases of rape and incest?
Pregnancy from rape is extremely rare. A study
of one thousand rape victims who were treated after the rape reported no pregnancies.
There are no known studies of incest cases. Medically, we know pregnancy in these cases
would be rare. As reasons for legalizing abortion rape and incest are nothing more than
emotional screens used by those profiting from abortion.
But what about the child with disease
who will die a slow death or live his life as a burden to his family?
Do you believe the new “ethic” should be that we kill the suffering or
burdensome? Some of these cases are tragic, some are also inspirational. We cannot assume
the responsibility for killing an unborn child simply because the child has not yet been
seen in public. The child’s place of residence does not change what abortion does -
kill a human being.
What about the population boom? We can
hardly feed the people of the world now!
True, the population of the world is growing, but population is not a problem in the
United States. The U.S. death rate is now greater than the birth rate and our present
population is growing older.
Population growth or decline compares replacement of the current number of reproductive
age individuals with the number of babies being born. By this measure, the United States
is now in a sharp population decline.
One recent projection of the population has predicted that around the year 2000, half of
the population will be over 50 and a third will be over 65. The impact upon our society
will be tremendous.
How can a girl give up her own baby
for adoption and go through life never knowing what is happening to her child?
Which is better to remember, “I gave my
baby life. And because I loved him, I gave him into the arms of a loving couple” - or
to remember, “I selfishly ended my baby’s life?”
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