While there are cases where even the law recognizes an abortion as justifiable if recommended by a physician, I assert that the hundreds of thousands of abortions performed in America each year are a disgrace to civilization.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- High abortion numbers in America are criticized as a failure of civilization.
- In plain terms
- Many legal abortions show society is failing morally.
- What can you take from it?
- Large abortion rates indicate societal problems.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does a high abortion rate signal?
- How do we improve reproductive health?
Another view
It attributes societal failure solely to abortion numbers.
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