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Is There Anything Wrong With The Slogan “My Body My Choice” When It Comes To Abortion?, Jean Amost Cadet Feb 2018

Is There Anything Wrong With The Slogan “My Body My Choice” When It Comes To Abortion?, Jean Amost Cadet

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Early evidence of induced abortion goes back to the 1500s BC. Aristotle’s work, later, described both chemical and mechanical methods to induce it, and ancient Rome also practiced it as a means of population control. Throughout history, there have also been primarily two opposing views regarding a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy early: one, called pro-choice, which supports abortion for diverse reasons; and the other, pro-life, which opposes that practice, because to them, it is an attack on the most defenseless and helpless class of individuals, the unborn. The pro-choice group often refers to the slogan “My Body, My …