The Abortion Debate

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This paper examines the abortion debate from several points but focuses on whether or not the government should make abortion illegal. The author of the paper is of the opinion that we might do all we can to discourage people from having an abortion, and the disapproval of society would have an effect. However, the government should not be able to compel a woman to carry her child to term if that is not her wish. The paper examines views of several authors on the subject, such as Zillah R. Eisenstein ("The Female Body and the Law") and B.M. Leiser ("Liberty, Justice, and Morals").

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"The essential legalization of abortion and contraception has little to do with the various moral arguments offered or even with medical concerns about safety or physical or psychological health. The abortion decision before the Supreme Court was based on a question of privacy rights. Privacy issues intersect with the Constitution in several different aspects, though there is no specific right of privacy enumerated in the Constitution. One dimension of privacy involves questions of "life styles" and control of a person's body (Mason and Stephenson 442)."

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