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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. ...
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Abortion’s legalization through Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade, has allowed for one in three pregnancies to end in abortion. This means that 1.5 million abortions are performed in the United States each year (Flanders 3). It ranks among the most complex and controversial issues, arousing heated legal, political, and ethical debates. The modern debate over abortion is a conflict of competing moral ideas and of fundamental human rights: to life, to privacy, to control over one's own body. Trying to come to a compromise has proven that it one cannot please all of the people on each side of the debate. Many people describe the abortion debate in America as bitter and uncompromising, usually represented on both sides by people with an intense devotion to their cause, and usually with irreconcilable positions. Many of those who are pro-choice insist that a woman's right to abortion should never be restricted, while those who are pro-life maintain that a fetus has a right to life that is violated at any stage of its development if abortion is performed. Discussions between both sides are usually very competitive, and sometimes violent, so any attempt at coming to a mutual agreement is drowned out. How can anyone hear if they refuse to acknowledge the other side, except to argue? Since the Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion, compromises that limit or allow abortion have taken two forms: those based on the reasons for abortion, and those based on fetal development at different stages of pregnancy. The first compromise would allow abortion for extreme, or “hard” cases, which include rape, incest, or risk of the life or health of the pregnant woman, but not for the soft cases like financial hardship, inconvenience, possible birth defects, or failure of birth control. Compromises of the second type would allow abortions, but only until a given stage of pregnancy, which is usually much earlier than the medically accepted definition of viability- when the fetus can survive...
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