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Abortion. Abortion The right to have an abortion is a woman’s right not to have
a conceived child. ... An abortion is a way to stop an unwanted pregnancy. ...
Abortion. Abortion Abortion is defined as the spontaneous or induced termination
of pregnancy. ... The Catholic Church severely condemns the practice of abortion. ...
Abortion. Abortion Abortion - Abortion is the termination of pregnancy before
birth, resulting in the death of the fetus. Abortion ...
Abortion. What is abortion? Abortion is the ending of a pregnancy before birth.
Early ... An abortion causes the embryo or fetus to die. Abortion ...
Abortion is a Problem? The issues of abortion always perplexed me in many ways. ...
I always wondered why women actually go through abortion. ...
Submitted by brain19 on April 24, 2005
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The Abortion Issue
Introduction
Abortion has been a very controversial subject over these past few decades. Every time you pick up a paper or magazine it seems there is always some protest regarding abortion, whether it be for fetal rights or women's rights. According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica the definition of abortion is "the expulsion of a fetus from the uterus before it has reached the stage of viability (in human beings, usually about the 20th week of gestation). An abortion may occur spontaneously, in which case it is also called a miscarriage, or it may be brought on purposefully, in which case it is often called an induced abortion." This paper will focus only on those abortions which are considered to be induced and will present the argument to both sides, considering both the argument for Pro-life as well as for Pro-choice.
Pro-Life Argument
Don Marquis states in his article Why Abortion is Immoral that killing someone is wrong because the killing inflicts the greatest possible loss on the victim. He says that it is not the effect on the murderer and the victim's friends and relatives that makes killing an absolute wrong. Although killing does affect those close to the victim the ultimate harm done is on the victim himself due to their loss of future. Marquis states that killing is regarded as one of the worst crimes because it is depriving people of the value of their future. If this view were applied to abortion it would be easy to see how abortion could be considered wrong. By willingly ending the life of the fetus you are willingly ending their possibility of a future. The fetus has the possibility of having a future with emotions, experiences and activities that are the same as human beings and even closer to that of young children. This argument applies in most cases of abortion but not all. For example, to abort a fetus whose life will be filled with unbearable pain and anguish...
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