Should Abortion be Legal?

Should Abortion be Legal?

The landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade was supposed to settle the question of abortion’s legality once and for all, but the Court’s ruling has instead become a fulcrum of debate. Placed squarely at the intersection of civil rights, health, religion and law, abortion is one of America’s most heated controversies.

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There are Legitimate Reasons Why a Woman Might Have an Abortion
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  • bercie87
    With legitimate reasons yes abortion

    I don't don't believe that abortion should be used as a form of birth control. I think that there should be a legitimate reason such as, family rape, rape, medical vulnerability, but a person who is willing and get's pregnant should not have the choice if the baby will be healthy and the mother will survive. I think abortion should be legal but with more restrictions.

    - bercie87US November 11, 2008 12:39PM

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  • JKM121
    Like I've said ...

    Abortion needs to be looked at just like any other killing. But this argument doesn't suit the title, and is otherwise, for the most part, quite ridiculous.

    - JKM121US November 18, 2008 7:12PM

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  • P-Dunn
    Shameless Hyperbole

    A woman having to raise a child that she doesn't want is a "death sentence," huh? How ironic that you would choose such language when you are advocating the quite literal death sentence of the child.

    - P-DunnUS January 16, 2009 4:52PM

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