Elements of the Abortion Controversy

The intent in the following pages is to look at some of the aspects of the abortion controversy, including the psychological, ethical and religious, economic, and political considerations.

Ethical and Religious Considerations

This is the aspect of the controversy that has been the most intense and heated. Some of those within the prolife movement contend that abortion is forbidden for religious reasons and that it is equivalent to murder. The Catholic church, for example, views all life as sacred from the moment of conception and forbids any method of birth control that interferes with conception, as well as all methods of abortion, for all reasons.

For example, Archbishop John O'Connor (1991) set forth

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position on abortion, although not actually favoring a ban. Yet there is another conservative position that is seldom heard in the abortion debate. Muller (1995) put forth that the more traditional conservative Republican position relies on limiting state involvement with private matters. According to him, antiabortion positions are unjustifiable to real conservatives who seek less state intrusion in private family matters, rather than more. He also noted that banning abortion would result in some antifamily consequences, such as more outofwedlock births and dysfunctional young families. Thus, he contended that a mainstream Republican and conservative movement needs to rethink its position on abortion. Another major political aspect of the abortion controversy is the effect of American policy on population planning, and sociopolitical action at the global level. Before the Reagan years, the U.S. Had been a significant force behind the efforts to control the growth of global population. At that point, however, the U.S. withdrew its support from any efforts, or policies, that included abortion as an option. However, with the Clinton administration, the U.S. again has emphasized the importance of global population contro
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