How old is the abortion debate

People feel particularly strongly about abortion because there is no way of getting any opinion from the foetus - the potential 'victim' - about the issue as there is when considering euthanasia , and because the foetus can easily be portrayed as an entirely innocent and defenceless being. The problems can be restated in terms of the sort of decisions that pregnant women and their doctors have to face:. If we follow this argument and accept that a foetus has a right to live, then we face part two of the problem:.

Search term:. Read more. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets CSS enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets CSS if you are able to do so. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Wade nullified existing state laws that banned abortions and provided guidelines for abortion availability based upon trimesters and fetal viability.

This ruling remains the most important legal statute for abortion access in modern U. Due to current legal challenges , these bills are not yet in effect. The legal battle to overturn or uphold Roe v. Wade is in full swing. Regardless of whether Roe v. Wade stands, history suggests that this will not be the last chapter in the political struggle over legal abortion.

Treva B. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Lane Ave. Research Topics. Share this link:. Carrie Blazina is a digital producer at Pew Research Center. Michael Lipka is an editorial manager of religion research at Pew Research Center. Facts are more important than ever. Where the public stands on key issues that could come before the Supreme Court.

As Texas considers new abortion restrictions, polls show complex debate. Translated by: Ingrid P. Universitetsforlaget, Read the Norwegian version of this article on forskning.

Women's lives and health have long been an important issue for those who wanted to make abortion possible. The May first parade on its way down Karl Johans gate in Click to add image caption Photo: NTB. Eldrid Borgan journalist, forskning. May - Is it at 12 weeks pregnant?

Or not until week 18? Or maybe 22? Sexual morality In Norway, the arguments against abortion at the beginning of the 20th century were different than today. Kari Tove Elvbakken is a professor at the University of Bergen. Photo: UiB. The picture of The Astronaut on the cover of Life Magazine changed the abortion debate in Norway and the rest of the world.