Abortion Paper

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right to privacy included
abortions. In Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court stated that it is the women's
right to have an abortion if she so chooses. In Jan 1988 the abortion
section of the Criminal Code of Canada was struck down in Morgentaler
decision. (Gentles, 13). Most arguments against granting women the right to
abortion are based on religious and moral prohibitions, defending the
sanctity of human life. Opponents of abortion rely on the premise that the
fetus is a human being, a person from the moment of conception. Anti-
abortionist proclaim that they are pro-life. However, they spend so much
time establishing that the fetus is a person and therefore has a right to
live that they forget about mothers rights or simply ignore her existence.
The word "murder" is often used by pro-lifers to describe abortion.
Murder means deliberate and unjustified killing of another person
containing intent. How can anybody see an evil intent in a woman's decision
to interrupt pregnancy ...

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abortion is often the only way that prevents the birth of an
unwanted child or saves a mothers life.
Large percentage of women who have to deal with unwanted pregnancies
are teenagers. Pregnancy often has catastrophic effects on adolescents.
They drop out of school, have nervous breakdowns, even commit suicide. It
is also unsafe for them to go through with pregnancy. Dr. Henry
Morgentaler writes: "Mortality among pregnant teenage girls is sixty
percent higher than among adult women, one of the reasons being that the
pregnancy depletes the resources that the need for their own growth.
Congenital malformations are also more frequent among babies whose mothers
are ...

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