What if someone told you that every year, thirty million innocent people are killed without being able to defend themselves (Bradford)? What if we then told you that these thirty million people are unborn babies? Does that change anything? The Oxford English Dictionary defines abortion as “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most commonly performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.” » Notice how pregnancy is described as human in the definition. Abortion is a violation of human rights because it is a form of torture, Article Three of the Bill of Rights protects the right to life and is similar to the issue of slavery. The Oxford English Dictionary defines torture as “the act of inflicting severe pain on someone.” According to the article Unborn Babies Can Feel Pain, unborn babies can positively experience pain as early as 20 weeks, but it is quite possible that the development of the spinothalamic pathway, which allows pain, occurs much earlier. This means that while a child is being aborted, they feel the entire process. What makes this situation even worse is the fact that unborn babies have increased pain intensity (Unborn babies can feel pain). With this in mind, imagine the pain an unborn child feels as a result of the horrific procedures doctors use to abort them. Among these procedures is hysterotomy in which a child is removed from the mother's womb and may die through neglect or direct action. This procedure is used specifically for late-term pregnancies, which are considered second and third trimester pregnancies (Abortion…How is it done?). To return to a previous statement, babies positively develop their sensation of pain, which intensifies at twenty weeks. What...... middle of paper......nsail, Paul. “Timeline: The Laci Peterson Affair.” » FoxNews. July 12, 2004.Web. 2 May 2014. Bradford, Haven. “Abortion: a violation of human rights. » That of the Gow family. February 2002. Internet. May 1, 2014. Burleigh, Anne. “Choose life”. Modern age. 1998. Internet. April 30, 2014. Flowers, Nancy. “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” Human rights here and now. University of Minnesota: Human Rights Resource Center. 1998. Internet. May 1, 2014. Keller, Donald. “Abortion if a violation of human rights.” Debates. 2013. Internet. May 1, 2014. Koukl, Greg. “Abortion and human rights.” Stick to reason. February 21, 2013. The web. May 1, 2014 Lewin, Tamar. “Rape and incest: only 1% of all abortions. » The New York Times. October 13, 1989. May 1, 2014. Unborn babies can feel pain. “Unborn babies can feel pain.” Minnesota citizens concerned about life. 2012. Internet. May 1 2014.