In this Article, I will discuss data on the demographic characteristics of women who have abortions and on the industrial process by which the aborted fetus becomes a commodity. But is the benefit mutual? Do the practitioners and beneficiaries of fetal tissue research give anything back to the women who supply their raw materials and support those wo-men's right to access safe abortion services? Or is the relationship between fetal tissue research and abortion somehow exploitive of women's reproduc-tion? While aborting women are barred from receiving any form of remuneration for fetal tissue donations, that does not apply to the upstream medical companies that process the tissue into usable clinical and pharmaceutical products. Surely the right to abortion, and women who exercise it, are necessary for the continuation of fetal tissue research. This Article reopens the question of whether fetal tissue research is actually good for women. So far, the political positions taken on either side of the fetal tissue research debate have mirrored those of the pro-choice/pro-life camps, with self-described feminists largely coming out in support of the use of aborted fetuses in medical research. The use of fetal tissue in medical research has emerged from obscurity to the center of the abortion debate.

Though it is a risky choice, clandestine abortion, on the other hand, has been proven the resort to most women living in poor conditions and who are victims of society’s norms and restrictive legislations. are exceptional reasons that can be used to justify or deny the resort to abortion. Poverty, rape, fetal deformity, unplanned pregnancy, etc. The results have revealed that there is a kind of equilibrium when it comes to people’s attitudes towards the legalization of abortion, as they see that abortion is full of exceptions. This paper simply does not re-write what has already been said about abortion, but it takes another dimension in analysing what makes people eager to save life, and what makes them pay less attention to the freedom of choice.

It also sheds light on the reasons behind putting limitations on abortion, and the impact of these restrictions on women’s health and reproductive practices. It relates the morality of the foetus to the woman’s freedom of choice, and investigates the different perspectives towards the abortion debate. This research paper examines the intersections between the female body, as a contested site, and the abortion debate.

Abortion by Mary E. Williams