“[Constitutionally protected] abortion . . . has never been understood . . . to include taking the life of a partly born child."
—U.S. Catholic Conference
“A criminal statute banning any medically safe method of abortion unduly infringes upon women’s rights.”
—Abortion Access Project
Abortion is one of the most persistently controversial issues in American culture and politics today. Since the 1973 national legalization of abortion, competing groups have fought to either restrict or increase access to the procedure, leading to heated debates among political activists, religious organizations, state legislatures, and judges.
This conflict is perhaps reflective of the nation’s ambivalence over abortion. While it is often depicted as a two-sided debate, the abortion controversy is actually quite multifaceted, involving complex speculation on biology, ethics, and constitutional rights. Those who identify themselves as pro- life, for example, generally contend that abortion is wrong because it kills human.....
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