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abortion and politics  

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  • By the early twenty-first century, abortion has come to be one of the most heated political issues in the world. In many Western nations, abortion is a divisive issue between the political left and the political right, with those on the left supporting the rights of the mother to control her reproductive life. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Abortion and Politics]

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