Readers are not aware of my personal view on abortion, and they won’t be after this post. While abortion seems on its face to be a complex biomedical issue, interestingly, those with firm views on either side do not describe it as a great moral quandary. Those who ardently favor abortion rights, and those who oppose them in equal measure, often express that this is not a controversial issue. For them, it is a clear issue of right and wrong, with each believing that the other side is entirely wrong and misguided. This observation applies best to those who are toward the poles of the abortion question. If you believe that an embryo and a fetus are human beings, than abortion is murder. Not much room for debate here. If you do not confer personhood on an embryo and a fetus, then a right to abortion is a woman’s right to freedom and autonomy. Clear cut argument here also . Of course, many thoughtful individual wrestle with this issue and do not grasp it in the black and white
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