Every day, around the world, medical professionals suck thousands of babies from their mothers' wombs through a procedure called abortion. The law protects and grants consent from the mother and health professionals for these procedures. However, babies apparently have no right to protection or life themselves due to the argument that a fetus is determined to be human and have life. Pro-life author Sarah Terzo, in a LifeSiteNews.com article, relays the following testimony from a medical student after witnessing her first abortion: "Rejected by their mothers and considered medical waste by their murderers, society allows these babies to die in silence, without recognition of their humanity” (Terzo). As noted previously, the point at which humanity determines that a fetus becomes a human or a person is a formidable source of argument between the pro-life and pro-choice movements. . This argument revolves around the question of whether a person becomes a human being – at conception or at birth? Thomson expands on this argument by stating that “we will probably have to agree that the fetus has already become a human person long before birth” (Thomson, 352). She illustrates this with the following facts: “at the tenth week…he already has a face, arms and legs, fingers and toes; it has internal organs and brain activity is low. Once a person chooses the pro-life argument that "life is present from the moment of conception" (Marquis, 365), or the pro-choice argument that "fetuses are not persons » (Marquis, 365). 365) and cannot live outside the mother's body, the next central point of debate concerns whether or not the mother has a moral obligation to maintain the life of this child. What criteria dictate... middle of article ...... Hical life: fundamental readings in ethics and moral problems. Ed. Russ Shafer Landau. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. 364-374. Print. Riler, Keith. “Thirty-six couples are waiting for each adopted baby.” LifeNews.com. LifeNews, July 9, 2012. Web. November 15, 2013. Terzo, Sarah. "LifeSiteNews Mobile | Medical student turns pro-life after seeing baby's limbs torn off during aspiration abortion." LifeSiteNews. LifeSite News, October 17, 2013. Web. November 16, 2013. Thomson, Judith Jarvis. “A Defense of Abortion.” The ethical life: fundamental readings in ethics and moral problems. Ed. Russ Shafer Landau. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. 351-363. Print.