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It isn't easy to decide whether abortion is a good or a bad solution. We have many opinions about abortion ,some of which I would like to present .For many people, the crucial issue in the abortion debates is whether the embryo or fetus or unborn child is a person. If it is, they conclude that abortion is usually on a par with murder. If not, they claim that it is a far less serious matter, perhaps only a matter of prudence. This approach focuses on the nature and moral status of the embryo or fetus. It is not the only approach to the problems of abortion. Some writers focus on the rights and welfare of women. Others focus on world population problems or the problem of poverty. Still others on constitutional issues. All of these approaches are plausible. However, most philosophical discussion arrives at questions about personhood. We will begin with them, bearing in mind that there are other questions to consider.

To follow the thread, we must consider whether the embryo or the fetus is a person and why being a person is so important morally. One approach is to think about what it is that makes anything a person and what it is about a person that gives them great value and rights of any kind .Main world religions condemn abortion . In Judaism and Christianity there is a command "Do not kill ". Abortion violates doctors. Hipocrates oath and the Geneva Convention, which says: "I will show the highest respect for human life from the moment of conception". It does not cure any disease. If a child, condemned to abortion, was wanted, a doctor would keep the pregnancy using all known methods. Current epidemics of abortion (over 1,5 million children aborted annually in the USA by...