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The central arguments in the abortion debate are deontological or rights-based. The view that all or almost all abortion should be illegal generally rests on the claims: that the existence and moral right to life of human beings (human organisms) begins at or near conception-fertilisation; that induced abortion is the deliberate and unjust killing of the fetus in violation of its right to life; and that the law should prohibit unjust violations of the right to life. The view that abortion should in most or all circumstances be legal generally rests on the claims: that women have a right to control what happens in and to their own bodies; that abortion is a just exercise of this right; and that the law should not criminalise just exercises of the right to control one¡¦s own body.
Although both sides are likely to see the rights-based considerations as paramount, some popular arguments appeal to consequentialist or utilitarian considerations. For example, pro-life advocacy......

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