Colleen And Abortion

Should abortion be allowed in the United States? If so, then under what circumstances? Abortion has been one of the most heatedly debated topics in the U.S. for more than a century. This paper explores the history and international use of abortion, as well as the empirical and moral claims made by both sides of the issue. We will also examine the key positions taken on abortion and look at those affected by it. Based on extensive research and analysis, this paper will recommend that the government increase abortion funding and availability.

In this paper I am going to critically evaluate “A Defense of Abortion” by Judith Thompson, a moral philosopher and metaphysician, who argues that is morally okay to abort a fetus even if the fetus is considered a person and contrast it to another moral philosopher and utilitarian, Peter Singer who deems her argument to be flawed.

One of the most frequently debated topics in bioethics is the morality of abortion, or the ending of a pregnancy without physically giving birth to an infant. Often times abortions are categorized into either spontaneous, a natural miscarriage; induced or intentional, which is premeditated and for any reason; or therapeutic, which albeit intentional, its sole purpose is to save the mother’s life. It seems however that moral conflicts on issue mainly arise when discussing induced abortions. In general, people universally agree it is morally wrong to kill an innocent person and in some people’s eyes induced abortions are the intentional killings of innocent persons, thus making them immoral. However not all individuals view fetuses as persons and consequentially argue it is not morally wrong to kill them.

Abortion has been and still is one of the most controversial topics in American culture. The reason for the controversy is the different viewpoints of this very personal matter. Some believe that abortion is the same as murder. Others believe it’s a personal choice which only they have the right to make. Due to the nature of the procedure and the concerns associated with ending a pregnancy, abortion will continue to top the list of “touchy” subjects in American politics and culture. As a pro-choice advocate, it is important for the right to have an abortion to be established and protected.

After Maria got the abortion, she has given a different perspective and a different view about herself. This constant unbalance of emotions have been projected since the abortion. When she goes to the steakhouse with Les Goodwin, she orders a huge meal that same exact night. Little by little Maria begins to remember about her mother and silver wells. She wants to go back to her mother specifically the last day Maria saw her. Then Maria proceeds to bleed again. Maria goes to the doctor and receives a check up. Again, Maria then wants her mother their with her. As Maria is working, she beings to feel some pains. By midnight she bleeds so much that it was out of control. Later on, Maria and kate have three days to spend in December. They both

3.- What are we working on? – On Psycho-education session. Advocacy and support with referred services, such as City of Casey for home service and respite and Connection Family support service Narre Warren.

In the paper titled “A Defense of Abortion” Judith Thomson uses several premises to bring the readers to the conclusion that Abortion is not morally wrong. After reading her paper I have concluded, that abortion is in fact morally wrong, excluding extenuating circumstances. In this paper I will show that abortion is morally wrong by way of the following argument:

Warren, Thomson, and Hursthouse would agree that Sister McBride and St Joseph’s Hospital were correct in prescribing and performing the abortion. All three authors have varying views on abortion itself, but all held the common view that if the fetus is killing the mother it can be morally aborted. Warren specifically believes that a fetus is not a person and therefore does not have rights equal to a person, if it has rights at all. This belief allows a mother to undergo an abortion whenever she pleases because she is the only one with rights. Although Thomson agrees with Warren she states that a fetus is a person. She comes to the same conclusion as Warren though, that an abortion can be performed whenever, with a somewhat similar thought

In Casey, the Court based their decision on the principles of institutional integrity and the rule of stare decisis and held the essential holding in Roe to be retained and reaffirmed (“Due Process and Fundamental Rights”). As a result of the holding, “a woman has a right to choose to have an abortion in the period before viability without ‘undue interference from the state” (“Due Process and Fundamental Rights”). Additionally, “the state has an interest in the fetus, which entitles to restrict abortions as long as exceptions exist for pregnancies that endanger a woman’s life or health” (“Due Process and Fundamental Rights”). Furthermore, “the state has an interest in the woman’s health and fetal health” (“Due Process and Fundamental Rights”).

In Mary Anne Warren’s “The Abortion Issue,” children are not persons in the empirical sense. Warren believes that prior to a certain point in a pregnancy, the child does not have “the capacity to understand” the ramifications of what an abortion would be, therefore the abortion does not infringe upon the rights of the unborn fetus. She states that: “…in the ways that matter from a moral point of view, human fetuses are very unlike human persons, particularly in their early months of development”(152). In essence, personhood as defined by Warren can only come after the first trimester. Before that time, the fetus does not have the sentience that would make it a person. Warren’s main criteria for

This article was extremely sad and heartbreaking to read. It’s very hard to imagine what women during this time, underwent to handle an issue that is currently considered safe. I believe that Rosie Jimenez’s desperate action led to her decision. She should have sought support from her friend, instead of taking such extreme measures. I’m quite aware that due to actions like this, changes have been made to improve this issue as well as others. However, I still find it horrible that a young single mother pass away, leaving behind a growing daughter. Abortion is a very touchy subject matter but I believe that it’s an individual’s personal

Judith Jarvis Thomson argues in “A Defense of Abortion” that abortion in cases of rape is acceptable because of the element of coercion. She makes a preliminary assumption that the foetus has a right to life, but she argues that this right to life does not necessarily include the right not to be killed. She makes this argument in large part through a particularly vivid analogy of an unconscious violinist. Thomson claims that the analogy defends abortion in cases of rape by showing that if a woman’s autonomy is damaged she has a right to reclaim it; that right is not an unjust reason for denying a person the resources needed to live, which means that the violinist is not killed unjustly if he dies as a result of her exercising autonomy. That means that his right to life is not infringed upon by killing him if a woman is coerced into caring for him and then refuses to continue to do so, thereby killing him. I argue that in fact this logic extends beyond cases of rape because most pregnant women are subject to coercion and have a right to reassert their autonomy by denying foetus’ use of their bodies.

Gianna Jessen who is now thirty-six, survived an abortion. At seventeen years old, her mother attempted to abort her using the saline procedure. Eventually, Gianna forced a birth after being in the solution for eighteen hours. She was put up for adoption after she was born and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at an early age due to the saline burning. Around the world, abortion takes place on the daily basis and the government considers this form of murder legal. This brutal act of legal murder is at an all-time high. Nearly 125,000 babies around the world are being killed each day (Real Time World Statistics, “Abortions in the World”). Most of the babies aren’t fortunate enough to survive like Gianna. Many people minimize the inhumanity of abortion because they believe the baby isn't a human being yet or the mother puts her life before the child without seeking another option. While it is believed that abortion can prevent many unwanted pregnancies, however, it can leave extreme physical and emotional trauma on the mother and sometimes father. Some research claims that during the first few weeks of a pregnancy the embryo isn’t considered a human being, but in fact, an unborn baby does have a life. Dr. Robert George claimed that embryos are distinguished from other cells by their autonomous intrinsic functioning. Consequently, human embryos are living individuals at the earliest stage of development. (George, “Why is Abortion Wrong?”) Therefore, they are considered human

Debbie Gallagher, Franks 14 year old daughter, deliberately gets herself pregnant by tricking her boyfriend into having sex without a condom as she had previously lied about being on birth control. She decides to give birth on the commune in a birthing tent; which after all was not as idyllic as she had thought it would be. Her father supports her through the terrifying experience of giving birth when nobody else was there to hold her hand. Once her contractions started to kick in; she was placed in a concrete tub with tools of the medieval times. The whole environment was extremely odd; therefore, mid-labour she begs Frank to take her home. Debbie names her daughter Francis, after her father Frank.

Abortion may be one of the most ongoing disagreements throughout time, some may consider this act as wrong such as specified in this quote by Mother Teresa: “The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.” Abortion not only murders an unborn child, causes guilt for the mother’s decision to end her pregnancy and may cause problems to the mother’s health; abortion is irreversible that child will not have life. Some women having an abortion can suffer from damage to the uterus, internal bleeding including having pieces of the baby left inside her body causing difficulties. By means of ending the pregnancy, the mother may