teadily increased, making it one of the most complex and emotional problems facing the society today. Abortion issues have been brought into focus, and have been debated as to whether or not abortion should be legalized. Many arguments on this issue are based on religious and moral outlook. By the mid to late 1960's abortion had been legalized in most European countries and the United States. In 1973, the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court ruling stated that it's the right of a woman to choose whether or not she wants to have an abortion. For many women, legalization reduced the guilt, shame and stigma previously attached to the act. "The first call for reform of the anti-abortion laws came from the American Law Institute, which advocated in 1959, the decriminalizing of abortion in 3 circumstances: when the mother's health would be gravely impaired by the constitution of the pregnancy, when the child might be born with a serious defect, or when the pregnancy resulted in rape or incest". Abortion should remain a legal option for women because
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