Legalizing abortion does not mean that all pregnant women should get one. Rather, it is about the right to privacy, freedom of choice and the preservation of female autonomy.
There are about forty-four million abortions performed globally each year, and slightly under half of these are performed unsafely. The controversies surrounding abortion have always centred on the moral permissibility of the act and the justification of laws permitting or restricting abortion.
These debates are often
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