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Project X - Abortion: Home

Databases and other OES Online Resources

Book in the Library

Reliable Websites

Introduction to the abortion debate by BBC  and An Ethics Guide to Abortion - An introduction to the abortion debate, setting out the major questions involved in the matter of terminating a pregnancy. Works hard to maintain unbiased tone throughout and provides multiple sides to the debate. Raises interesting questions about morals, ethics, laws. 

Should Abortion Be Legal? - The website ProCon tries to show both the pros and cons of a particular issue. 

Abortion Research Package - Pew Research offers results from new public online surveys, a slideshow on how opinion differs among various demographic groups, a discussion of the legal issues and a summary of religious groups’ positions.

How Birth Control and Abortion Became Politicize - NPR's Fresh Air looks at the history of birth control and abortion in the United States. 

 

 

 

 

 

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