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Title: Abortion
Words: 1220
Abortion
"In the past we permitted abortions to save one life when two would otherwise die. Now we permit abortion to take one life when two would otherwise live," explains Dr. Herbert Ratner. 1 One of the most hotly debated and divisive issues in American society today " almost 30 years after the landmark Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal " is the question of abortion right for women. Even though it is legal, no one should have the right to choose to do what is wrong.
In the ethical theory Rule Utilitarianism, when a woman gets pregnant, she should be obligated to have the child because she didn't make any effort to avoid conception. Of course there are some exceptions to this rule: when women have been victimized by rape or incest, or whose life ...
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