Some people carry such weeding out into the domain of human affairs, as with the practice of abortion. AdvertisementNo special clarity of vision is required to see through the arguments on abortion, starting with the one that a woman has the right over her own body. Not from nine Supreme Court justices whose mistaken ruling in the case of abortion has had to be overturned. AdvertisementThe salient issue in abortion is whether a woman shall have a method of doing away with her unwanted child, free of social stigma or disapproval. Whether deliberately or out of ignorance, abortion has taken on a life-and-death issue, which involves the role of the law.