Dear Mr. President
I am writing this to you to address you on the issue of
human life. This issue is very
dear to me, for I believe that ALL human life is valuable, no matter what stage
it is. I believe that God loves us
all, and that no person, no matter the age, especially the innocent, should
have to suffer. Abortion is
threatening a person’s right to live; a value that I believe America takes
pride in. Abortions take the life
of around 1.5 million unborn children a year (http://www.cirtl.org/abfacts.htm).
How does this affect society? Well, since 1973, about 50 million babies who would have a
chance at a wonderful life have been stripped of the right to live (http://www.cirtl.org/abfacts.htm). That means that 50 million doctors,
nurses, researchers, authors, singers, politicians, and even presidents have
been denied passage into this world.
Everyday, we are losing more and more people who could be influential to
society. Not only that, but a
woman’s decision to abort will follow her throughout the rest of her life. A growing number of women are seeking
counsel for their past abortions.
Many people will say that unborn children are just fetuses
and that they aren’t fully developed, can’t feel pain, or even could live a
horrible life. We, as humans
though, are not fully developed until our 20s, so the fact that unborn babies
are not developed is not a suitable reason because babies outside of the womb
aren’t murdered out of convenience.
A baby in the womb can also feel pain after 9 weeks, so abortions after
9 weeks are actually inflicting pain on the baby (http://www.cirtl.org/abfacts.htm). Last, would you kill a person with Down
syndrome because they have the possibility of living a horrible life even though
some Down syndrome patients can learn to function in society? By having an abortion because the baby
might have a horrible life is like taking a Down syndrome baby and murdering it
because it might live an awful life.
So I ask you Mr. President, are abortions really helping
people, or are they taking away a right that we Americans treasure, the right
to life? I ask you to think
about it. Think about your
daughters; would you force them to make a decision that will haunt them for the
rest of their lives? Think about
if it was your mother, trying to decide whether or not to keep you. Think about it for all of the pregnant
mothers and their unborn children.
Think about it for America, for her future, because what if our future
leader is relying on their mothers to make the right decisions. I ask you to think about it for the
sake of your country.
Sincerely,
Abby Murray
(This was an essay that I wrote for a writing contest)
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