Alex Noble

Victor Liang

Con Abortion Opening Statement

Abortion is the act of killing a baby before it is born. When aborting a baby you are destroying a defenseless child. We are very against the slaughtering of human beings and think it should be stopped as soon as possible. It is forbidden by the Sixth Commandment of the Bible’s Old Testament, “thou shalt not kill”(Exodus 20:13), and the Hippocratic Oath, the oath doctors take to swear that they won’t abort a baby.  Abortion is a waste of babies because over two million couples are waiting to adopt kids and only 134,000 babies are available for adoption. For people that aren't able to have babies it is very sad to know that there are possible babies to adopt and they are being killed. Abortion is eroding America’s potential for future heroes, great presidents, scientists, athletes, and other occupations necessary for the nation’s success.What if some of the mothers of great leaders of America got aborted? Abortions also increase the chance of women developing breast cancer. When pregnant, the levels of estrogen increase, leading to growth of the breast. This is a preparation for the baby’s milk. When the baby is aborted, the process is stopped, and immature cells are left in the woman’s breasts. This results in a greater risk of mutating cells that lead to breast cancer.(Breast Cancer Prevention Institute, the Catholic Medical Association, and the National Physicians Center for Family Resources)