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Deidre Adams Professor Bindu Ranaut English 1101 2, November 2014 Abortion: why Abortion is considered cruel and women’s rights pro-life against pro-choice. Robert M. Baired and Stuart E. Rosenbaum; The Ethnics of Abortion pro-life vs. pro-choice Publisher: Prometheus books ISBN: 0879758058 Author Robert M. Baired and Edited by Stuart E. Rosenbaum this book provides both pro-choice and pro-life sides in their own words, it discusses a legal, philosophical, historical, personal and religious issues. The book also provides readers with basic understanding of different beliefs on abortion and women’s rights; it includes 22 discussions about abortion from both parties. Since abortion is a very complicated …show more content…

Wade case In 1973 and the statistics on abortion in different age bracts, and also goes into detail examples on other rights to women far as employment, voting and etc. feminist and non-feminist and their beliefs on the right to abort a fetus, there has been some discussion about abortion during recent years. One point argues by law, abortion should never be permitted and by law abortion should be permit only in cases such as rape, incest or danger to a women’s health or life, but only after the need for the abortion has been clearly established by physician only. Other point argues that by law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal …show more content…

Also taking into account women who have irregular cycles or barely any symptoms, would be restricted from having abortions before they were even knew they were pregnant. State abortion restrictions always been a part of anti-choice strategy, legislators and activists are now executing an increasingly radical state by state strategy, if successful would effectively make abortion illegal. In states like Wyoming the fetal heartbeat bill was introduced in January 2013, but was voted out by house committee in a 4-5

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