Topic > Why is abortion murder or not murder? - 532

1.2 million is just a number, right? Wrong! Here's how many children lost their lives in 2013 due to abortion. Children are one of life's miracles. For some they are a gift, for others they are the memory of a horrible experience, a night of drinking too much or the night after prom. But should any of these examples really be a reason to kill something that can't even fight for itself? Many say that abortion is murder and for many it is. If abortion is not murder, then Exodus 20:13 states, “Thou shalt not kill.” (21st Century King James Version) If we shouldn't kill, then why are we killing the only thing God put us on the planet to do!? Many in the Pro-Life view say that abortion is murder and that the mother of that aborted child is a murderer; however, with this, many people believe that women who have had abortions, or a doctor who has performed this procedure, should be convicted as murderers. According to the Guttmacher Institute, “Abortion is one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in the United States.” States". There are st...