Should Women Be Allowed to Have Abortions on Demand, or Should There Be Restrictions on Abortion Rights?

Political Science 1001 Normative Project Research DesignNormative Social Policy Issue: Should women be allowed to have abortions on demand, or should there be restrictions on abortion rights?Value Position: There are competing values in this question; the individual's right to determine what is done to her body versus the right to life. Both values are critical to individual and social well being. Two key questions that will determine how these value positions are reconciled are how "life" is to be defined in this context (conception, embryo to fetus, birth, consciousness) and under what circumstances can the taking of life be justified.Moral Judgement on Social Policy Issue: It will be argued that abortion should be allowed on demand during the first eight weeks of pregnancy.…