Where does the animal rights movement stand on abortion?
There are people on both sides of the abortion issue in the animal rights movement, just as there are people on both sides of animal rights issues in the pro-life movement. And just as the pro-life movement has no official position on animal rights, neither does the animal rights movement have an official position on abortion.
While much of the animal rights community is torn on the subject, the general concesus is that abortion and animal rights are linked in the sense that life that feels but does not have a voice still has the right to life and fair treatment.
Peter Singer is a well-known proponent of animal rights and is one of the voices that considers the life of a human fetus as under the same protections that animals should be.
Abortion and euthanasia are two subjects that are related for Singer when it comes to animal rights and human animal rights to life.
