The Devisive Nature of Abortion

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Contends that the issue of abortion is the most divisive social subject in the U.S. Argues against abortion giving reasons and documentatipn why the idea of "pro-choice" or a woman's "freedom to choose" what to do with her body is morally wrong. Presents arguments on both sides of the issue. Roe v. Wade.

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"Against Abortion


"There have been approximately 36.5 million abortions in the twenty-five years since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized unrestricted abortion on January 22, 1973" (AGI 1). These figures, collated by the Allan Guttmacher Institute, a research arm of the Planned Parenthood Association, also states that these figures may well be under-reported by as much as 7 percent.


There is no more divisive social subject in America than abortion. Despite the Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade decision to "legalize" the woman's right to choose an abortion, as more and more conservative Christians join the mainstream, there are not merely vocal but also physical antagonisms on the subject. Doctors have been killed, clinics firebombed, and confrontations between the two "sides" ..."

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