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The abortion debate is a longstanding and contentious discourse that touches on the moral, legal, medical, and religious aspects of induced abortion. [1] In English-speaking countries, the debate has two major sides, commonly referred to as the "pro-choice" and "pro-life" movements.
Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that confirmed abortion was a right protected by the Constitution, has been the explicit aim of anti-abortion rights politicians and activists for decades.
In Florida, 57% of voters voted in favor of enshrining protections for abortion rights in the state's constitution, but the measure failed to reach the 60% threshold it needed to pass. Still ...
Florida voted down the initiative even as voters there favor legal abortion by 65%. Among supporters of legal abortion, 14% voted against the amendment, according to preliminary exit poll results.
Donations to abortion funds and clinics have helped enable travel for people like Nekia. Last year, abortion funds provided more than $36 million in aid to those seeking abortions, according to ...
The earliest citation for an abortion-specific sense of the term is a 1971 reference in the Los Angeles Times to "pro-life, anti-abortion educational programs". [2] The adjective pro-life seems to derive from earlier constructions involving the word life used by opponents of legal abortion, particularly the phrase "right to life".
South Africa: A 2003 Human Sciences Research Council study examined moral attitudes among South Africans: 56% said they believed that abortion is wrong even if there is a strong chance of serious defect in the fetus, while 70% said they believed that abortion is wrong if done primarily because the parents have low income and may be unable to afford another child.
During the abortion debate in the Legislature in 2023, and during a debate this year over a proposed constitutional amendment that will be on the ballot in November, lawmakers in favor of abortion ...