This article refutes some common misconceptions about abortion. There is no scientific consensus as to when human life begins. It is a matter of philosophic opinion or religious belief. Also, two-thirds of human conceptions are spontaneously aborted by nature. Abortion is the murder of a person Person-hood at conception is a religious belief, not a provable biological fact.
Abortion is morally wrong Most people reject the position that abortion is always wrong.
In fact, abortion often has positive benefits for women's lives and health. Many people believe that bringing an unwanted child into the world is wrong, and that forcing a woman to have a child against her will is morally wrong. Many who are opposed to abortion for religious or moral reasons believe that it is wrong to impose their values by civil law on everyone. People who are philosophically opposed to abortion often change their views when a close relative has a crisis pregnancy. The 1983 'Pro-life' amendment stated that the rights of a woman and that of the unborn were 'equal'.