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Title: Ethics Ethics 'Abortion is an issue only concerned with rights and duties'. Discuss Abortion is currently defined as "an untimely delivery voluntarily occurred with an intent to destroy the foetus". Abortion was at first made illegal in 1803 but cultural changes led to the passing of the Abortion Act in 1967 when abortion became legal up to 28 weeks of the pregnancy. This has since been changed to 24 weeks. At present various studies point to an annual abortion rate of between forty and fifty million, this increases every year. The meaning of abortion is quite clear from its definition. It is one of the most controversial ethical issues with arguments both for and against the subject from many different groups within the community. Where rights and duties are concerned there are many different approaches from these groups as to what rights the mother has, the rights of the unborn child and the...

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