Problematica avortului în România și influența regimului comunist | [Abortion in Romania during the communist time]

Abstract

Abortion is one of the most debated subjects of nowadays’ bioethics, as well as one of the most intricate. Abortion is still viewed as a taboo in many countries, especially because the points of view are diametrically opposed, no matter the education level, socio-economic status, age, gender, or religion of the involved persons. The absence of consensus and not reaching one makes abortion, ethically as well as morally, one of the most controversial problems, based on pro and contra arguments and also on the numerous legislation amendments, often influenced by demographic politics or ideological concepts. Blamed and considered an immoral issue by some people, encouraged and considered moral by others, abortion has been illegal and punished by the law of many institutions or societies or has been sustained and legalized.