According to “pro-life” supporters, a fertilized human egg is a human being. Any effort to stop its development is murder. No one has the right to kill another human being, and so abortion, to end a pregnancy and kill a life, should not be legal. Moreover, pro-life groups often emphasize the importance of motherhood to women. They argue that abortion can do terrible damage to a woman’s body and mind.

     “Pro-choice” groups, on the other hand, support a woman’s right to choose whether or not to have an abortion. They argue that a woman has the right to control her body and to determine her future. Besides, as the majority of fertilized eggs are lost from the womb naturally and do not develop further, it is wrong to see an embryo or a fetus as a person, with a right to life.