Débat au sujet de l'avortementvignette|500x500px|Situation juridique de l'avortement dans différents pays du monde. Remarque: Dans la majorité des pays et des cas cités, l'intervention doit s'effectuer avant des échéances établies. Le débat sur l'avortement, en lien avec l'interruption volontaire de grossesse, se rapporte au débat, controversé et polémique sur sa pratique, ainsi que le contexte social et économique dans lequel il entre en scène. Les parties impliquées dans le débat sont les mouvements « pro-choix » et « pro-vie ».
PersonhoodPersonhood or personality is the status of as a person. Defining personhood is a controversial topic in philosophy and law and is closely tied with legal and political concepts of citizenship, equality, and liberty. According to law, only a legal person (either a natural or a juridical person) has rights, protections, privileges, responsibilities, and legal liability.
Fetal rightsFetal rights are the moral rights or legal rights of the human fetus under natural and civil law. The term fetal rights came into wide usage after Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark case that legalized abortion in the United States. The concept of fetal rights has evolved to include the issues of maternal substance use disorders, including alcohol use disorder and opioid use disorder. Most international human rights charters "clearly reject claims that human rights should attach from conception or any time before birth.
PersonA person (: people or persons, depending on context) is a being who has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts.
