Seminar prompt: Abortion

When if ever is abortion justified in morality?

Should the law come into it at all?

If so, what should the law be?

Which of the following is relevant to the question of what should be legal?

The wishes of the mother

What time has elapsed since conception? Is there a person there?

Prospect of the mother's health
(a) physical
(b) mental
being impaired

Danger to the life of the mother if pregnancy continues

Prospect of a miserable life for the baby

Prospect of a miserable life for the mother

Number of children already borne by the mother

Number of people already in
(a) the country
(b) the world

The wishes of the father


Who has the right to decide?


How should the law read?

"Abortion is illegal unless:




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