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The case against abortion emerged from moral and theological principle and has adopted more secular and pragmatic arguments to win an audience. The case for legal abortion has been pragmatic from the start.
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Katha Pollitt (2014). Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights. New York: Picador, p. 16.
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To use the original term of the less sensitive 1960s.
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A notable voice in opposition to this trend has been Marge Berer, editor of Reproductive Health Matters. See M. Berer (2002). Making abortion a woman’s right worldwide. Reproductive Health Matters, 10(19), 1–8.
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Almost 90 % of abortions take place within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy; less than 3 % take place after 20 weeks.
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See Richard Overy (2009). The Morbid Age: Britain between the Wars. London: Allen Lane, chapter 3; and William H. Schneider (1990). Quality and Quantity: The Quest for Biological Regeneration in Twentieth-Century France. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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See L. S. Ashford (1995). New perspectives on population: Cairo. Population Bulletin, 50(1), 31.
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See Frank Furedi (1997). Population and Development: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge: Polity Press, chapter 7.
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Furedi, A. (2016). The Case Against “The Case Against”. In: The Moral Case for Abortion. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-41119-8_4
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