The phrase "abortion issue" refers to the ongoing debate and controversy surrounding the ethical, legal, and moral aspects of terminating a pregnancy. Full definition
Among the large number of official church statements on abortion issued since the early 1960s, there are three main alternatives: (1) total opposition to abortion, (2) an openness to abortion's legitimacy because the fetus is not a human being, and (3) a mediating position which regards abortion as legitimate in certain exceptional circumstances, but largely rejects the practice because it involves taking a human life. (religion-online.org)
I challenged a newspaper's interpretation of a poll it had conducted when it declared «Abortion No Issue in New Jersey,» although 76 per cent of those polled opposed abortion at least some of the time. (religion-online.org)
This is a bargain that the GOP's libertarians might accept, softening the party's language on the more exigent abortion issue while fixing its stance on an issue as yet politically under - defined. (firstthings.com)