Abortion: The Right of the Person Versus the Right of the Fetus

The freedom to choose an abortion should be the fundamental right of any pregnant woman provided that she is making an informed decision. Here the term abortion refers to the termination of a pregnancy before the gestation period of 20 weeks. To be able to make an informed decision the woman must be of sound mind and have received adequate counseling with regards to her options and the consequences thereof.
Every woman should have control over her own body. It is her body and her conscience and she must take responsibility for those. …