SOCIAL ISSUES

12. Read and answer the questions:

a. What is the aim of pro-life and pro-choice movements?

b. What are the arguments of euthanasia advocates and of their opponents?

c. What started the 2008 financial crisis?

Abortion

The debate over whether the abortion should be legal or not is one of the current most controversial issues. Pro-choice movements advocate mother’s right to decide whether to keep the child during the first three months of pregnancy. Also, they say that a child has a right to be born wanted into a loving family. However, pro-life campaigners argue for the right to life under any circumstances. They feel it unjust that a woman should decide whether a child will live or not. Many strictly Catholic communities call for a ban on abortions, not allowing for any exceptions such as incest or rape.