ABSTRACT
The position of modern western society with respect to abortion is quite different. For the first time it is possible to insist that abortion means nothing, that it is simply a form of birth control chosen by certain women. And from this point of view, abortion, for any given woman, can be endlessly repeated. The foetus means nothing, and is only a group of cells. Not everyone shares this attitude, and we can see it conceals a number of much more complex feelings, but none the less it exists. It voices an entirely secular view of the world.
