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The U.S. Roman Catholic bishops issued a pastoral letter that would criticize abortion and end the disgrace of having an abortion under law.

My mother was born to an unwed 15 year old in 1940. My mother was given away in adoption to a family member. My grandmother wanted to have my mom (she had fallen in love with a service man who was killed in German) but her mom wanted her to have an abortion. It was illegal in those days and my grandmother refused to go to the "special doctor." So she was shipped away to a home for girls like her in Chicago to have my mom. My story is different then most. I am a product of a saved baby. Without my grandmother fighting for my mom, myself, my brother, my children, we would be dead. It is harder to speak to a child that survived abortion. No one has the right to tell me that we do not have the right to live. I am so grateful that abortion was illegal. I am so grateful that my beautiful children are alive.We are blessed.

Whenever this issue comes up one thing always pops into my head. My body, my choice. I am a female that was born and raised in the Catholic church and had to listen to this stuff for years. It never made sense to me why so many people try revoking this right from women. If you don't support it, fine. However, to take the option away from women who do want abortion as an option opens up even more negative doors. When women do not have a safe environment to discuss these options and the operation itself is made illegal then women who are desperate are more likely to go to back alley doctors or try to perform their own abortion. This often leads to more deaths among women whether it be from a botched, cheap operation or a horrific infection. It should also be noted that each woman is different. They might want the option of abortion for various reasons. Perhaps something is wrong with the child, and the doctors note it won't live past a couple of days, maybe the woman was raped and ended up pregnant, perhaps the fetus was dying and was also killing the mother, perhaps the woman just doesn't want children. You never know the circumstances of why a woman chooses to have an abortion, and they should never be judged for it or have that right revoked.

This explains what the abortion pill is. Also, it has the biased approach that women should be able to have the freedom to decide whether or not to kill their child before it is born. This takes one side of the debate on abortion pills.

This article is all about abortion and how it affects personal freedoms. This discusses how abortion is an issue.

This website is provided to give real life information on the different options women face when they discover they are pregnant. The site also provides education on the topic and information on different ways to prevent pregnancy.

This piece tells you about different kinds of abortion procedures. It also explains what abortion is and what they do. There are also many risks possible in result of an abortion, this site explains them.

This site give information about abortion when it first made illegal and legalized. It also talks about the different types of abortions.

Explains two methods of abortion. One being in-clinic and the other being a pill.

Provides general knowledge of what an abortion is. Unbiased medical information.

This is just a PDF from the Department of Health and the statistics of abortion. The total number of abortions was 189,931, 0.2% more than in 2010 (189,574) and 7.7% more than in 2001 (176,364).

Abortions are generally accepted in Taiwan, where the procedure became legal in 1985. Women have had abortions for as long as they have had children. In fact, the oldest known medical text containing abortion techniques appeared in China over 4,700 years ago.

Website has the number of abortions per year from 1973 up to 2006. The site uses two sources for these numbers and provides links to the information from the sources. On the same page, there is a link to a pdf file with more information. This website could be used to argue why abortion should be illegal since it's biased towards that.

Website first has statistics about women who have abortions broken down by age and ethnicity. The site also has information about what contraception method was used (if any) that lead to pregnancies that were aborted. It then provides info on how far into the pregnancy when abortions are performed. Finally, it talks about safety concerns about abortions and the legal history of abortion in the United States.

The articles tells about a bill that would require parental notification for teens to get an abortion. It also discusses the negative effects the bill could have on that teen's life, it could even end it.

In the years since Wade Vs Roe, abortion is still a highly debated topic. Even on popular television series, it sparks debate.

This article is biased to pro-life, but gives insight into why women should live with having the pregnancy. It goes into the pro-abortion about the legitimate reasons that women may wish to have an abortion for that pro-life people should consider.

This informative blog supports pro-choice in the abortion debate. The blog writer was a previous pro-life advocate who believes that pro-life is just misinformed. She goes on to explain why banning abortion doesn't decrease abortion rates, how birth control can solve the problem, and explains the body's natural birth control.

Pro's and Con's for the debate on Abortion. Gives more factual information versus personal opinion. Followed by an article questioning "Should abortion be legal?"

This is an alternative abortion site. Even though abortion is and should be a freedom of choice, this provides an alternative to "getting rid of the problem." It offers advice and solutions to the issue.

There are many facets to the pro-life and pro-choice debate.  This site offers a lot of useful info about these areas, from medical issues to fathers' rights.

he anti-abortion group that recently revealed two videos from a secret investigation into abortion clinics released a third on Thursday. The group, Live Action, previewed it first to CNN, providing what appears to be full footage and an edited version.

This article goes over the negative side of abortion and what goes into having one. In addition to that it goes over how abortion is done correctly in certain clinics.