Discuss the views in favor of and against abortion.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Abortion has been one of the most persistently contentious issues in U.S. politics and culture.Antiabortion groups believe that the embryo or fetus is not just a mass of cells but a human being from the time of conception and, therefore, has a right to life. In contrast, abortion rights advocates point out that, at the moment of conception, the organism lacks a brain and other specifically and uniquely human attributes, such as consciousness and reasoning, and that a pregnant woman-not legislators-should decide whether or not to bear children.Antiabortion groups maintain that abortion is immoral and endangers a woman's physical, mental, and emotional health. However, national studies have found no such risks linked to abortion. Whether abortion is immoral is a religious and philosophical question. On a physical level, a legal abortion in the first trimester (up to 12 weeks) is safer than driving a car, playing football, motorcycling, getting a penicillin shot, or continuing a pregnancy. There is also no evidence, that having an abortion increases the risk of breast cancer or causes infertility (Sheppard, 2013; Pazol et al., 2014; Holloway, 2015).
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