This category contains sites dealing with abortion. The terms "pro-life" and "pro-choice" are used for subcategories because that is how each group refers to itself. They are defined as follows:
Pro-Choice: Believing that abortion is a right and should be legal under most or all circumstances. Usually implies a belief that the human fetus has no rights, or greatly abridged ones.
Pro-Life: Believing that abortion is a violation of the rights of the pre-born child. Usually implies a belief that abortion should be illegal under most or all circumstances.
In addition, there are some relatively neutral sites which are not placed in either category.
ODP may not discriminate based on an individual's or organization's creed. However, sites directly advocating violence lose their First Amendment protections and should not be listed.
Text and commentary on Roe v. Wade and its successors. Other legal elements of abortion issue including state and canon law. members.aol.com/abtrbng/index.htm
One person's attempt to take a rational look at the abortion debate, exposing flaws in the arguments on both sides. This is the preface from The Abortion Debate, a booklet for sale. www.Garlikov.com/abortion.html
Research study published in Psychology Today (Oct. 1998) addresses the relative developmental capabilities of the human fetus at particular gestation points. Relevant to abortion considerations. www.leaderu.com/orgs/tul/psychtoday9809.html
Principled yet pragmatic, Lincoln's stand on slavery offers a basis for a new politics of civility that is at once anti-abortion and pro-choice. Published in the Atlantic Monthly, September 1995. www.theatlantic.com/issues/95sep/abortion/abortion.htm
News, background information, and links on abortion policy, including Roe v. Wade, RU-486, fetal tissue research, and related issues. www.policyalmanac.org/culture/abortion.shtml
Includes definitions of important terms, background information on abortion law, news stories about the issue, and various opinions. Produced for the Ohio University Computer Assisted Language Learning Lab. www.ohiou.edu/esl/project/abortion/index.html
A collection of articles published in the magazine between 1965 and 1997. Topics include abortion in American history and a variety of individual perspectives on the issue. www.theatlantic.com/politics/abortion/abortion.htm
Article on the history of abortion in the United States, plus links to further information on abortion in the US and around the world. Includes prochoice and prolife links. womenshistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa012200.htm
Musings about how the anti-abortion position usually includes some exceptions, and the pro-choice position is not necessarily pro-abortion. unquietmind.com/abortion.html
An overview of legislative issues and court rulings affecting the abortion issue, including federal funding of abortion, partial birth abortion, parental notification, and spousal consent. www.policyalmanac.org/../archive/crs_abortion_overview.shtml
Five articles about abortion in America before the Roe v. Wade decision. One is a personal account of the reasons for being a pro-life activist. The other four look at various aspects of the history of abortion in the U.S., from a pro-choice perspective. old.fairfieldweekly.com/articles/roemother.html
Personal philosophical essay that concludes that both pro-choice and pro-life positions, as understood by the author, contain anti-intuitive premises. www.efn.org/~bsharvy/abortion.html
Large collection of short "facts" about scientific, constitutional, political and other aspects of the abortion debate. Fully footnoted to identify the sources of the information. www.justfacts.com/abortion.htm
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