THE DISCUSSION ON ABORTION
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)
(1) What is abortion?
(2) Do you think abortion should be legal or illegal?
(3) Do you think there are any special cases in which abortion is acceptable?
(4) How does the law regard abortion in your country?
(5) How does your religion or others treat abortion?
(6) Do you think the morning after pill is the same as abortion?
(7) Some people think doctors who carry out abortions are murderers. What do you think?
(8) If your 13-year-old daughter became pregnant, what advice would you give her?
(9) Why allow an unwanted baby to be born?
(10) Does the mother have the right to control her own body?
STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)
(1) Is abortion a social problem in your country?
(2) Is abortion dangerous?
(3) Do you sympathize with the pro-life argument?
(4) Do you sympathize with the “right to choose” argument?
(5) If a woman wants an abortion, what rights does the father have?
(6) Is having an abortion a selfish choice?
(7) Do you think abortions should be encouraged for girls of 12, 13 or 14 years old?
(8) When is the fertilized egg a human being?
(9) What do you think of back-street abortionists?
(10) What would you want to tell the unborn child?
