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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 nicolos53 on June 13, 2005
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ABORTION THE ISSUE
Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy. Legal abortions can be performed up until the sixteenth week of pregnancy, after sixteen weeks most doctors or clinics will not perform the procedure unless keeping the baby presents a medical risk to the mother. Even in these situations abortions are very risky after sixteen weeks. The moral question has always been whether or not it should be a woman's decision to get an abortion. The other side of that question is whether the government should have control over a woman's body and forbid her to get an abortion. Both the pro-life and the pro-choice supporters on this issue are adamant about their ideas and their beliefs.
Pro-life activists carry a strong argument, and continue to push their beliefs. They feel so strongly about these beliefs that violence has broken out in some known instances. Pro-choice activists, on the other hand, also carry very strong points. They believe that the child inside them is their property and its life doesn't be until birth.
The Church is against abortion seeing it as the killing of a human life. Pope John Paul "condemned abortion as a crime
urging Roman Catholics to fight what he called an abominable crime and the shame of humanity." (The Age 6-10-97) and on a trip to Brazil stated "May the abominable crime of abortion, shame of humanity, not condemn the unborn to the most unjust execution that of the most innocent human beings." Mother Teresa another widely recognised religious figure was whole heartedly against Abortion seeing it as "murder" of the innocent. The Catholic Church believes that abortion should be undertaken only in extreme circumstances such as when the mother is in risk of dying.
The media on the other hand seem to relay both sides of the issue. The electronic media seem to go by public support that abortion is a woman's right and that the baby is only a foetus with no feeling. The print media follow the same...
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