Abortion

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This paper focuses on the legal aspects of abortion, since it is the development of legal codes that has fostered the explosive growth of moral discussions regarding abortion. It also investigates the ethics involved in this highly complex, emotional topic. The paper concludes with a brief summary of the many aspects that must be considered when taking a stance on abortion.

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"Any thorough discussion of the topic of abortion will inevitably raise a wide variety of legal and ethical issues. However, at the core of these issues lie some basic questions. First, what is the concept of a person and, specifically, is a fetus or an embryo a person? Second, to whom do we ascribe rights? Should we give a fetus the same rights as the mother who carries it? And third, how do we conceptualize obligations in this matter? Should a mother have an obligation to an unborn (and possibly unwanted) child, and does the government have an obligation to establish laws regarding an issue that is moral and at the same time intensely personal?"

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