Hard To Get An Abortion

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In the article Why It’s Become So Hard To Get an Abortion, the author talks about abortion(which is a hot topic). Like there are two sides to a story there are also two sides to an argument and I am ready to tackle both. One side is pro-choice which I am for because it’s not my decision to keep the child in certain situations. The author mentions Gay/Same sex marriage, which I am fine with because it is two peoples choice to marry a person they care about, and since we are on the topic of abortion it’s the choice of the woman that is carrying the child whether or not she wants to abort. But on the other side of the argument people think that it’s unreligious to get an abortion. I know that most catholics that are more toward the older side

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