Teen Abortion in Canada: Dominant and Alternative Paradigms

Teen Abortion in Canada
Not since conscription has an issue separated Canadian society so greatly, and perhaps never has an issue posed a greater moral dilemma. The modern debate over abortion, as it is played out in the nation's courts and legislative halls, is a conflict of competing moral visions and of fundamental human rights: to life, to privacy, and to control over one's own body. Nowadays pregnant teenage Canadian women face the tough decision of whether or not to abort the birth of their child. The number of abortions performed in Ontario is alarming and it is increasing every ye…