Abortion Isn't Health Care — Not Even Close

Far from being health care, abortion means the death sentence to the living, human being who is killed by it. Word games and obfuscation to the contrary, the fetus is not "potential life," but life with potential; nor is he or she a "potential human," but a human with potential. As such she or he bears unique moral value by being a member of our species. But a position paper by the Bixby Center for Reproductive Health says that the "safety of abortion in the U.S. is extensively documented." Perhaps abortions are safe for the women who have them, but they are never safe for their offspring. Fetuses have no safety — even if they are born alive due to a failed or botched abortion. Read more...


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