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The 5 Most Common Arguments For Abortion And How To Respond To Them

Many of us never thought we would see Roe v. Wade overturned in our lifetime, but the Supreme Court surprised us all a couple of weeks ago when the 6-3 decision reversed the landmark 1973 decision.

By Gina Florio5 min read
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Since then, the entire nation has been having a conversation about abortion and whether it has any place at all in a civilized society. Most of us grew up simply accepting abortion as something that women deserve and anyone who disagrees must hate women and want to strip them of bodily autonomy. It's easy to get emotional when having discussions about abortion—and understandably so, considering the fact that there are babies' lives on the line. But it doesn't help to get explosively emotional when you're trying to change people's minds about abortion.