Muslim view of abortion
Whoa - great question. So, Muslims generally have three sources of knowledge and guidance - the Qur'an; the sayings of the Prophet Muhammed (hadiths;)and the views of the leaders of juristic schools qualified to interpret the teachings of Islam.
Nothing in the Qu'ran forbids abortion, as far as I know, though some verses prohibit infanticide and many scholars will tell you that abortion is therefore against the principles of Islam. I am not aware of any hadiths on the matter, though I could be wrong here.
In general, modern permissive abortion policies are not sanctioned by jurists of Islam, which accords several rights to the fetus. (For instance, there is a money ransom on abortion in Islam. A fetus has rights of inheritance and if aborted alive and dies it is inherited by its legal heirs.)
Islam's emphasis on the sanctity of life does extend to the fetus, so if a pregnant woman (in the stage of viable pregnancy) is injured by another, to the extent that she aborts or delivers a dead fetus the attacker can be charged with murder of the fetus. (The law of "qisas" will apply unless the mother forgives him and accepts the blood money.)
So I infer that Islam teaches that abortion is wrong.
But that leads me to another question. :-}
God given rights are the bedrock of American history, culture, and jurisprudence and those God given rights are what seperates the United States of America from the marxists, communists, trotskyites and other assorted democrats. :-}.
Are rights in Islam granted by the creator or by man? In theory of course.