Ethical Issues Of Abortion

Before researching on abortion issues, I never imagined it to be such controversial and debatable case because the problem arises from the very early stages of analyzing what administrative ethics would answer. I became overwhelmed to start because my mind became blurred on legality and ethics of abortion as early as defining administrative ethics: “well-based standards of right and wrong prescribing what public administrators ought to do in terms of duty to public service, principles, virtues, and benefits to society”. Ethics triangle is grounded on duties in the center with principles, virtues, and benefits to society augmenting it. Duties of public administrator involves those ‘obligations taken on while assuming a position’. They might

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.

On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court’s decision of Roe v. Wade to legalize abortions in the United States began the controversial debate about abortion that has continued to dominate current ethical and political debates. Over fifty-two million abortions have been performed legally in the United States from 1973 to 2010 (Ertelt). Even with scientific advancements showing fetus development, abortions are still performed on 21% of all pregnancies in America according to a national statistic in 2011. Currently there are about 1 million abortions in the United States each year (“Abortions in America”). With the exception of saving a mother’s life, abortion should be completely illegal in

A recent medical ethical controversy that resurfaces every few years is the debate of abortion. The Roe v. Wade US Supreme Court decision in 1973 made a significant change to abortion laws, giving women the choice to terminate pregnancy without requiring eminent health risks to the mother. (n.d., 2015) The ethical debate of abortion continues even with the practice being legal.

An 18 year old girl gets pregnant and can’t decide whether to keep the baby or have an abortion. Her parents are very religious and do not believe in sex before marriage therefore would not take to kindly to their daughter being pregnant.

What determines what is ethical and what is not? Can someone determine what is right simply relying on what they feel? Or does something drive them to know what is wrong or right? In the case of abortion, one would may ask: Is the fetus a person? At what stage in its development does, it becomes a person? Does any women have the right to decide if she is going to carry the baby to term or not? (Boyle, 2004) This paper will identify the ethical dilemma of abortion, core beliefs of abortion, and possible resolutions, through the eyes of the Christian worldview, and how other worldview may react to abortion.

Abortion is one of the most controversial topics in today’s world. With the evolving moral standards of society, abortion is becoming more and more justified. Abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first twenty-eight weeks of pregnancy. People don’t seem to realize that abortion can ultimately have the best overall consequences. This topic should be viewed from a consequentialist view, or from the moral worth depending on the positive or negative value of the consequences. The choice of abortion doesn’t matter as much as the consequences of the choice itself. While some consider abortion murder, others believe it as saving a life. It can save a mother from an unwanted pregnancy and it can save a child from an unwanted future. A woman has the right to choose abortion if they believe it is necessary and dispose freely of their own body.

One of the most highly controversial issues plaguing our country today is that of abortion. This debate arose in the mid-to-late 1800’s when states began passing laws to make abortion illegal (“History of Abortion”). Although each law varied from state-to-state, the reason for making it illegal seemed to be similar: All surgical procedures, including abortion, were risky and hospitals and well-practiced doctors were not common in most areas. Back-alley abortions (illegal abortions) were very common during this time. Even when the scientific methods and technology became more advanced, women were still getting unsafe abortions. It wasn’t until the Roe v. Wade debate in 1973 that women were able to get a safe, legal abortion from a well-trained medical professional. It also ruled that women had their right to privacy, and it was the women’s right to decide whether or not she would have children. There have been many restrictions and guidelines put on abortion such as parental involvement, mandatory waiting periods, and biased counseling. As of right now, abortion is legal. Abortion should remain legal because of the following issues child-bearing women can potentially face: medical issues, safety concerns, and rape/incest situations.

Abortion is a divisive problem in our time, and it is one that is difficult to solve as each side comes from very different initial premises. As Judith Jarvis Thomson points out, anti-abortionists rely on the premise that foetus’ are persons, and therefore are morally equivalent to human beings.1 Conversely, pro-choice advocates typically come from the premise that, as Mary Anne Warren suggests “foetuses are neither persons nor members of the moral community.” The key ethical schism, is around the issue of whether the foetus constitutes a person. This essay however will, as Judith Jarvis Thomson did, evaluate the problem on the basis of the assumption that a foetus does have equal moral status to a fully developed human. This creates a new dilemma: if a foetus is indeed equivalent to a person, is it ever right to end a person’s life?

Over 42 million babies are killed in a year because of abortion. That is 115,000 deaths a day. After the case Roe vs Wade was presented to the Supreme Court, abortions have been legal since. In the United States, the topic abortion is very debatable. Many people think that abortion should be illegal because of moral and religious views, while others think that abortion should be legal because of women's’ rights. Despite each view, abortions are becoming more and more common today, especially in the United States. Abortions should be illegal because it is the murder of a human, selfish, and problematic to women's health.

An ethical dilemma in the healthcare atmosphere would be Abortion. There is a variety of moral and ethical issues that could arise about unexpected pregnancy and abortion. Abortion has been a topic of debate for as long as the practice has existed. The abortion argument states whether it can be morally right to terminate a pregnancy before normal childbirth. Many people believe that abortion is wrong, no matter what the circumstance is. Some people will argue that abortion is right when the mother’s life is at risk. Others consider that there is a range of situations in which abortion is morally acceptable. Abortion has had an impact on society in many ways. “By the nineteenth century many nations passed laws banning abortion. It wasn’t until

Abortion is the deliberate termination of a pregnancy, which typically takes place before twenty-eight weeks. The morality of abortion is what determines it to be a universal medical ethics issue. There are two dominant stances on abortion, which include pro-life and pro-choice. Pro-choice supporters often believe that the decision of abortion should ultimately be a woman’s choice. They argue that personhood begins only when a fetus is able to live on its own, outside of the womb. The federal case, Roe versus Wade, states that abortion is a right of privacy, which is general enough to include a woman's decision to terminate her pregnancy. Pro-choice supporters tend to believe the opposite of those supporting

A study was conducted among 843 women at 30 different United States abortion facilities between 2008 and 2010. This study used a series of questions to assess women’s emotions a week after their abortions. It was found that 95% of the women who obtained an abortion reported having the procedure done was the right decision for them. Among those who reported negative feelings toward the abortion, 84% felt it was still the correct choice for them. And finally, among those who felt some regret about the abortion, 89% still expressed it was the right choice for them (Rocca, C. H., Kimport, K., Gould, H., & Foster, D. G., 2013). While post abortion emotions vary from woman to woman, this study shows that of the 843 women, although for many it

My wife and I are against abortion. But if a pregnant woman wants to end her unplanned pregnancy, for health or economic reasons, this is between her and God and between her and the law of the land. It’s nobody else’s business. I don’t understand why this will anger somebody to the extent of committing murder! In the United States, 60 percent of pregnancies are unplanned.

Abortion is a highly-debated topic of whether it is ethical for a woman to decide to have one. Abortion is any of various surgical methods for deliberately terminating a pregnancy. When we speak of abortion today, we mean induced abortion performed by trained doctors, not including miscarriage (MacKinnon & Fiala, 2015). Some current methods of abortion are morning-after pill, mifepristone, uterine or vacuum aspiration, dilation and curettage, saline solution, prostaglandin drugs, hysterotomy, and partial birth abortion. Abortion involves questions about rights, happiness, and well-being, as well as the status and value of human life. The people who think it is ethical to have an abortion stand on the Pro-choice side and the people who think it is unethical stand on the Pro-life side. The liberal view of abortion supports abortions and the conservative view opposes abortion. There are many legal, religious, and medical conflicts that are included in the debate over abortion. The arguments made from both sides help us better understand whether a woman should have an abortion.