Protecting rights.

Life is a sacred and highly valued entity, and for this reason, it must be honoured and promoted. The preservation of life is one of the necessities and purposes of the state. Therefore, abortion is considered unlawful and immoral.

Abortion is a worldwide issue. In June 2022 US Supreme Court also overturned the popular ruling; Roe VS Wade that granted abortion a constitutional right. However, Biden alleged it was 'extreme ideology' and 'tragic error'. This overturns by US Supreme Court faced a lot of criticism from worldwide human rights organizations. These international human rights instruments lack a universal inclusion of the foetus as a person for human rights. Most international human rights charters reject claims that human rights should attach from conception or any time before birth. But a foetus is granted various rights in the constitutions and civil codes of several countries; Like in Pakistan, PPC sec: 338 states that:

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