Exploring the opinion regarding abortion in Romania is based on legislative changes in the past which aimed at abortion, some of them being very restrictive. The ethical value of the decision to choose abortion as a solution to an unwanted pregnancy has a wide axiological register. Opinions are divided from a bioethical, philosophical and theological point of view in Pro-Choice which supports abortion, women’s right to decide and Pro-Life which is about the child’s right to life. A questionnaire was applied to 1902 subjects who were randomly selected from 8 Romanian cities. The Pearson chi-square tests were employed using the statistical programs SPSS. In case of an unwanted pregnancy, the solution of abortion was chosen in higher percentages by men, by the ones with higher education levels, by persons under 50 years old (p0.001). Planning the birth of a child is a legitimate right of couples and, should the situation demand it, abortion can be an option to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. The decision to have an abortion will always raise an ethical dilemma; it is therefore necessary for the decision to have an informed basis in order to minimize risks to women’s health.
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