To deny abortion is denying the mother certain civil rights. ... The poison was hoped to be just strong enough to kill the fetus, yet mild enough to keep the woman alive. Also, sometimes women would receive physical blows to their abdomen an effort to kill the fetus. ... The case set boundaries and regulations illustrating how much power the mother and state possess in deciding whether to abort a pregnancy (12 Tribe). ... Demented fathers may also rape their daughters, which is called incest. ...

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Sperm and egg cells can also be classified as living organisms, however, millions of them are "killed- through the use of birth control or even just by progressing through their own life cycle within the body. ... According to the Canadian Medical Association's Committee on Ethics, a living organism must possess certain qualities to be considered a person - the defining one being a nervous system capable self-awareness. ... Now under Canadian law as it stands fetuses DO NOT have the right to a life , however, let us say that under Canadian law that fetuses did ha...

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