Article: The Abortion Debate
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The Abortion Debate
One of today?s most controversial topics, the abortion debate pits the rights of a mother against the rights of a fetus. The most common stances on the issue are ?pro-choice? and ?pro-life." These two viewpoints hinge on legal and moral considerations. Another common viewpoint is a more blended pragmatist view, which states that abortion should be prohibited except for specific cases.
"Pro-choice" advocates stress a woman's right to choose whether and when to terminate her pregnancy. In their view, a woman should have absolute control over her own body and, by extension, over the survival of the fetus within her. The "pro-life" camp argues that life begins at conception and any termination of pregnancy after the formation of the embryo is equivalent to murder.
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