Which side of the abortion rights debate is backed by scientific evidence?

Once upon a time I didn’t know much about the case for abortion rights or the case for the right to life of unborn children. My reason for not reading much about it is that I thought that it was kind of a subjective issue. But, I started a project to read 1-2 books on every conceivable topic, including one on abortion. Lo and behold, it turned out that one side did have the backing of science. This article from The Public Discourse explains: (links removed) The following are typical examples—onl