Abortion is wrong and another should not be allowed to happen. There are two points to make: one is that the unborn child is in fact a life and therefore should not be aborted at any point during pregnancy, and that there are indeed good alternatives to abortion, therefore there is no need to do so. This happens if a mother feels she cannot care for her child. First, an unborn child is still a life and deserves to be allowed to live the life they would have without abortion. When an abortion occurs, a life is taken that could otherwise be used to accomplish great things. The child who is aborted could be the one who finds the cure to a disease and saves millions of people. Some people try to argue, at some point, that the unborn child is alive, but that the child has been alive since conception. The book Fetal Rights supports this idea by stating "it would be like saying the marker of life is the presence of wings and antennae and then, after examining the caterpillar, stating that because it has no wings neither antennae, it is neither alive”. nor a butterfly. (Alan), sho...