Publisher's Synopsis
This series aims to help teenagers make up their own minds on some of the most controversial issues facing people around the world today. The arguments on all sides of each issue are illustrated using quotations taken from a variety of different sources: government statistics, independent experts, public figures and people with personal experience of the subject. Facts and statistics on each subject are featured in special information boxes throughout the books. Questions at the end of each chapter focus the reader's attention on the key areas of debate.;This book looks at a whole range of situations and viewpoints concerned with abortion.;It begins with an examination of the attitudes of people who are for and against abortion. It goes on to examine the standpoint of the law, and the influence of various religions upon their believers. There are chapters discussing the rights and feelings of the mother, the father and the unborn child. The views of the medical profession are taken into consideration in another chapter, and the issue of contraception versus abortion is looked, including "grey" areas such as the use of IUDs and abortifacient pills.
