Chinese Revolution

            
             The coexistence of opposite and conflicting feelings about.
             Disagreements between public policy,.
             morality and individual behavior on this issue existed even at.
             the time of Plato and Aristotle. In the past few decades.
             abortion issue has been brought into sharper focus and has been.
             vigorously debated. A number of factors are responsible for this.
             but perhaps the major one has been that associated with the.
             sexual revolution which accentuates freedom in all matters sexual.
             and in spite of or even because of the tremendous and.
             indiscriminate increase in the distribution of contraceptives.
             Judges have ruled, politicians have legislated, but the.
             controversy on this issue is still shaking our society.
             Since the late 1960's abortion has been shifting from a.
             predominantly illegitimate status toward a more legitimate one.
             Several cases have been fought for the right to choose. Many of.
             these have been hard cases with very personal feelings, but the.
             perseverance showed through and gives us the rights we have.
             today. In 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut upheld the right the.
             right to privacy and ended the ban on birth control. Eight years.
             later, the Supreme Court ruled the right to privacy included.
             abortions. In Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court stated that it is the.
             women's right to have an abortion if she so chooses. In Jan 1988.
             the abortion section of the Criminal Code of Canada was struck.
             down in Morgentaler decision. (Gentles, 13). Most arguments.
             against granting women the right to abortion are based on.
             religious and moral prohibitions, defending the sanctity of human.
             life. Opponents of abortion rely on the premise that the fetus.
             is a human being, a person from the moment of conception. Anti-.
             abortionist proclaim that they are pro-life. However, they spend.
             so much time establishing that the fetus is a person and.
             therefore has a right to live that they forget about mothers.
             rights or simply ignore her existence.
             The word "murder" is often used by pro-lifers to describe.