... I don't believe it should be banned from those who would. First let us examine some of the arguments against the practice of abortion in Canadian society today. The most common argument against abortion is that since the embryo is a "living- organism that abortion itself can be classified as ... argument and pose the question of when does killing a living organism become murder, however, this has already been defined under the law. According to the Canadian Medical Association's Committee on Ethics, a living organism must possess certain qualities to be considered a person - the defining...

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... women choose to end about 25% of their pregnancies through abortion. This number has been gradually declining since 1979. This is similar to the Canadian figure of 21%, 2 but is much lower than that of the former Soviet Union (60%) and Romania (78%) where contraceptives are ... funding after some groups adopted a policy of harassing abortion providers' homes and those of their neighbors. During the late 1990's, two Canadian pro-life groups lost their charitable status with Revenue Canada. Attendance at abortion protests now fail to attract large numbers of supporters. ... to regulate ab...

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