Abortion - between procreative liberty and rights of the unborn child

Diana Bulgaru Iliescu, Beatrice Ioan

Abstract


The ethical issues regarding abortion represent a dispute that has begun long time ago and is still actual. The main subject of this dispute is the conflict between the woman's procreative liberty and the rights of the unborn child. In this article the authors make a review of the main istorical moments and two of the most important cases that shaped the actual legislative reglementation of abortion. The arguments invoked in this dispute and the main legislative models applied in different countries are also discussed.


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