"Abortion: A Bioethical Viewpoint"

<Tab/>Abortion is one of the most controversial bioethical issues of our time. Throughout history the moral values concerning abortion have been matters of ceaseless debate and disagreement, but in the past three decades the debate has intensified. One view--known as "pro-life"--sees abortion as the slaughter of innocent life. Pro-lifers march with pictures of mutilated fetuses on their posters. The other view--"pro-choice"--considers abortion an option that must be …showed first 75 words of 1986 total…

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