This category contains sites dealing with abortion. The terms "pro-life" and "pro-choice" are used for subcategories because that is how each group refers to itself. They are defined as follows:
Pro-Choice: Believing that abortion is a right and should be legal under most or all circumstances. Usually implies a belief that the human fetus has no rights, or greatly abridged ones.
Pro-Life: Believing that abortion is a violation of the rights of the pre-born child. Usually implies a belief that abortion should be illegal under most or all circumstances.
In addition, there are some relatively neutral sites which are not placed in either category.
ODP may not discriminate based on an individual's or organization's creed. However, sites directly advocating violence lose their First Amendment protections and should not be listed.
Text and commentary on Roe v. Wade and its successors. Other legal elements of abortion issue including state and canon law. http://members.aol.com/abtrbng/index.htm
One person's attempt to take a rational look at the abortion debate, exposing flaws in the arguments on both sides. This is the preface from The Abortion Debate, a booklet for sale. http://www.Garlikov.com/abortion.html
Research study published in Psychology Today (Oct. 1998) addresses the relative developmental capabilities of the human fetus at particular gestation points. Relevant to abortion considerations. http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/tul/psychtoday9809.html
Principled yet pragmatic, Lincoln's stand on slavery offers a basis for a new politics of civility that is at once anti-abortion and pro-choice. Published in the Atlantic Monthly, September 1995. http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/95sep/abortion/abortion.htm
Includes definitions of important terms, background information on abortion law, news stories about the issue, and various opinions. Produced for the Ohio University Computer Assisted Language Learning Lab. http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/project/abortion/index.html
A collection of articles published in the magazine between 1965 and 1997. Topics include abortion in American history and a variety of individual perspectives on the issue. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/abortion/abortion.htm
Musings about how the anti-abortion position usually includes some exceptions, and the pro-choice position is not necessarily pro-abortion. http://unquietmind.com/abortion.html
Five articles about abortion in America before the Roe v. Wade decision. One is a personal account of the reasons for being a pro-life activist. The other four look at various aspects of the history of abortion in the U.S., from a pro-choice perspective. http://old.fairfieldweekly.com/articles/roemother.html
Personal philosophical essay that concludes that both pro-choice and pro-life positions, as understood by the author, contain anti-intuitive premises. http://www.efn.org/~bsharvy/abortion.html
Large collection of short "facts" about scientific, constitutional, political and other aspects of the abortion debate. Fully footnoted to identify the sources of the information. http://www.justfacts.com/abortion.htm
Provides the latest statistics on abortion in America, grouped by demographics and trimester when abortions were sought. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [Adobe Acrobat Reader required]. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/drh/surv_abort.htm
Gives the views from the medical profession's standpoint on political actions that could hamper the types of procedures performed on women ending pregnancies. From Salon Magazine. http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/07/24/late_term/
An issue neutral, free public forum organization for abortion debate. Contains articles, essays, member posted facts, quotes and different views on the legal abortion issue. http://www.prochoicetalk.com/
An organization that calls itself anti-abortion yet pro-choice, and seeks to keep abortion legal and lessen it through increased birth control iniatives. http://www.respectforlife.org/
CBC archives of news reports and analyses on the abortion issue, focused on the Montreal doctor who broke the law and opened an abortion clinic in 1969. Includes TV and radio clips and educational materials. http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-69-107/life_society/morgentaler/
