IN the primaries for the presidential elections in the United States, it seems that abortion is the shibboleth. Candidates win or lose on the basis of their disposition toward abortion — and most Americans, it seems, want abortion recognized as a right.

The typical argument: My body, my choice! The problem is therefore clear: the refusal to recognize the embryo-zygote-fetus as a human being. For if one did, then one would clearly realize that abortion is a decision not only about one's body but about another's life.

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