Abortion (Medical Law and Ethics

The choice to have a child is life changing. Parents are given nine months to prepare for their lives to change completely. All of a sudden they are not the only person they are responsible for. Reitha and Ken Lakeberg’s circumstance was a bit more complex than the usual change in responsibilities. Instead of the one child to make decisions for, there were two, and they happened to be conjoined. Instead of having to consent for one baby they had two. This is the first ethical issue in this story. Autonomy is the right to make decisions for yourself, although with children the informed consent has to come from their parents. Yes it makes sense that children do not always fully understand and need guidance from parents. But when it is a life or death situation and there is no way to tell what they want circumstances become complicated. What gives parents or doctors the right to decide which twin should try to be saved and which twin should be sacrificed. “Mercifully, Reitha and Ken had been spared a Sophie’s Choice of selecting which of their offspring would die. Doctors made the decision strictly on medical grounds—which twin had the

There continues to be a hot debate on abortion. Some people feel that this issue is neither right nor wrong, just simply a “to each his own” idiom. Those who are for abortion, tend to believe a woman has a right to decide what goes in her body and if she is capable of bringing life into this world. On the other side, there is an equal fervent opposition that killing an innocent unborn baby is wrong and unjustly, murder in the first degree of a helpless baby. Not only are they willing to undergo the abortion procedure, are also willing to pay the expensive cost in terminating the potential child. Many believe that abortion is wrong when committing it in a selfish act because of irresponsibility. In this ongoing national debate there comes a fine line between what is humane and what is inhumane. For the most part it is immoral to eliminate an unwanted child because of self-desires, finance, and accidental child conceptions.

The Christian worldview's resolution is better compare to another option since being a mother is the greatest pleasure of a woman’s life and in the case of Susan she got a gift from God and a chance to be a mother so its is very wise to keep the child and belief in God for the child’s life. The child is innocent and God loves children, it is a great risk but God will make her ways to raise the child and there is also chances that child will born with little disabilities that can be corrected with some operations.

There are many common pregnancy alternatives, but most often the resulting decision is abortion because it is effortless. Abortion is endings a women’s pregnancy by removing or forcing a fetus or embryo from the mother’s womb before it is able to survive on its own. Not all abortions are purposely done some are spontaneous like when a women that has a miscarriage. Rather abortion is done purposely or naturally it is a worldwide complication as to it being wrong or right. Abortion is an ethical issue that will be analyzed according to a personal worldview and Christian worldview. Ethical thinking will be examined by value-based decisions that address abortion from the perspective of a Christian worldview and comparing it to a personal assumption by addressing ethical dilemma, core beliefs, resolution, evaluation, and comparison.

One would be if the woman had been raped. I would still suggest adoption but could understand the woman not wanting to go through the pregnancy in this circumstance. The second is if the pregnancy threatened the woman’s life in some way. It would be really hard for me, but if I were pregnant and they told me it was my life or the babies I would have to also consider the three children that I am already a mother to. If I did not terminate the pregnancy then I could potentially be leaving my other three children to grow up without a mother. I could understand abortion in this case as well. Those are the only two that I think abortion should be considered.

The only choice you should have is keeping your baby or putting it up for adoption. The mom of the child should never get the choice of killing her own human being inside her. Most of the time you could have prevented it from happening. Only people that have gotten raped should have the choice of aborting them, because they really couldn’t help it, and in the first place that should have never ever happened to a girl! However some women believe that it’s there body and it’s okay to do that.

Though abortion is nobody’s first option when it comes to unexpected pregnancy, sometimes it truly is the last option available. There is a wide range of reasons to get a abortion done, some are even life threatening to the mother herself.

There are many risks that are involved with abortion that should be deliberated very carefully before making the decision to proceed. There are many laws against

Imagine how that child would feel if s/he ever found out that he was unwanted and was supposed to be dead. In an article I found , states a case of a failed abortion. Shortly after the women gave birth to her baby she took the doctor to court. The judge ordered the doctor to pay plaintiff for damages, since she did not want to have the baby. (Robertson 217). So even if you want an abortion it is not guaranteed you will have a successful one. I have seen testimonies on tv about children who were attempted to be aborted and now they have disabilities that they probably would not have had before. My suggestion is. If you do not want kids have a hysterectomy.

A woman who has been refused education on her reproductive health, refused access to birth control, and now becomes pregnant, faces two decisions: birth a child or seek an abortion.

Abortion has been a debating issue for many decades. Most of the countries, permit abortion, however, some religions and countries consider abortion to be morally and ethically impermissible. In Canada, the abortion was legalized in 1988 based on the fact that the law should not force a women to carry a fetus beyond her priorities as it would interfere with her body and her own securities towards life. Many would argue against this view by stating that a fetus does have a right to live and thus, abortion is morally wrong. I believe that abortion is morally and ethically permissible as long as it does not violate significant rights of others.

option besides having an abortion. There are many reasons that one would decide upon getting an abortion

What would you say to the girl who was raped and is pregnant? Would you say that she couldn't have an abortion, or would you tell her to suck it up and have a child? Abortion is a very controversial issue in the United States of America. Many people say that abortion is murder, but women should have a say over their own bodies and financial needs. Many studies show that women who are denied abortions are more likely to become unemployed, abuse their child, and have financial disadvantages. These are all unhealthy consequences when a woman is denied an abortion.

There are many things that make this decision hard for Susan. She wants to do what is right for her as well as what is right for the baby. Susan has been trying to get pregnant for many years and finally has the opportunity. She does not what to given that up. In addition, she has been given advice from two respectable people to abort the baby. Susan probably feels that if a doctor and professor are

There are many reasons as to why a woman may want to get an abortion, but those reasons may not make having an abortion ethical. Some reasons include rape, incest, not being financially able to support a child, having a disabled child, the pregnancy causing dangers to the woman’s health or simply not wanting to care for a child. If the woman has the child it may interfere