The Ethical Issues Of Abortion

Abortion an Ethical Issue in Nursing Ethical dilemma is a difficult condition that often results in a conceptual conflict between moral obligations, in which to comply with one will result in go against another. However, the knowledge nurses learn about ethics will be shaped by nurses own cultures, beliefs, and values. Nurses are faced with ethical decisions that can impact them and their patients.

There is a vast number of ethical theories, whether or not you believe in those theories is a matter of opinion and personal belief. For this reason, people can take the general concept of a theory and explain it in a way that aligns with their beliefs. Personally, I feel as though there is some truth in most, if not all, ethical theories. Though, there is one theory in particular I have taken a liking to; and this theory is egoism. Egoism, in the most general terms, is a theory in which a person is motivated by their own self-interest to further their wants or goals. This theory can be interpreted in a number of ways, one of them is that it is considered selfish. Egoism, is not necessarily selfish in that it may be in your own self-interest to do something for others. To help further explain my understanding of egoism, I’d like to bring up the topic of abortion. The debate over abortion has been going on for a while. As time goes by, my opinions on the topic have changed, especially when I learn about the different arguments each side makes. I will take some arguments from both sides to help explain egoism. Through my explanation on my understanding of egoism, I will ultimately express my views on this social issue as well. Though it is important to keep in mind that my main goal is to explain each side of the debate through the views of an egoist and whether or not each side is morally sound.

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

As stated in the Merriam – Webster Dictionary (2016) and Abortion (/e-boar-sheen)” is the medical procedure used to end a pregnancy and cause death of the fetus.”

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.

Late-term abortions, also called post-viability abortions or induced termination of pregnancy , are abortions that generally take place anyways anywhere between 22 weeks and the third trimester of pregnancy, although “later term” is not precisely defined. “Late-term” isn’t a technical term, just a catchall phrase to describe abortions that take place late in pregnancy. (Anwar Mehak)

Much of the ethical debate stemming from this topic lies with the issue of personhood. Personhood is a concept that defines what is it is that makes a person a “person”. There is no established criteria for this concept and it can vary depending on one’s belief. Patil, Dode & Ahirrao (2014), argue that the concept of personhood is the bridge that connects the fetus with the right to life. If one considers the fetus a person then ethically abortion is wrong. If the fetus is not a person then abortion is ethically acceptable. The issue on personhood mirrors the subjectivity of abortion debate.

As I am filled with even greater questions of morality towards the pro-life movement. Are pro-life supports willing to justify murder to stop a woman from aborting an unwanted child? Fears of aggression like this are made real in this article as we are told of the dilemma this issue raises for those supporting pro-life. Some see it as being justifiable thus making dear’s action justifiable meanwhile, others see it as being wrong as it goes against the meaning of pro-life. I’ve come to think through this article that this movement wants to end the abortion practice but is unwilling to support those that have taken direct action.

Finally, the pro-life supports argue for the decrease or abolishment of abortions because of the danger it puts both the mother and Child in. There are so many dangers that come with abortions; however, the ones pro- life members focus on are elevated risk of death and immediate health risk. As shown in figure I, the total deaths of women, who undergo abortions is greater than the total deaths of

Pro- life supporters believe abortion is murdering a child. They suggest other alternatives for the life of the child. A fetus is living as soon as it is conceived. Therefore, it is killing

Moral justification for a pro-life view is structured around several ideas. The belief that the fetus is in fact a human being just like us and should be treated with dignity, killing an innocent human being is evil and illegal, and the act of aborting a fetus is done through brutal methods that are inhumane and ultimately

With the subject of abortion, it seems that no consensus will ever be reached. Those who argue in favor of choice will never see from the perspective of the pro-lifers and vice versa. The major difference is that those who are pro-choice have never been responsible for the deaths of the opposition. Before the Roe v. Wade case made abortion legal in this country, abortions were unlawful in the United States. Anyone who needed or wanted an abortion for any reason, physical or emotional, would have to go to back alley abortionists who would be working with unsafe tools and in unsterile conditions which would be a breeding ground for bacteria and germs. Many women died during these procedures, or from the later infections related to the abortions. Others were left permanently. Decades after the passing of this important piece of legislation, people still debate whether or not abortion should be legal and under what conditions, if any.

Pro-choice advocates can say that all types of abortions must be legal for women because everyone has a right to his/her own body. It should be women’s own choice to proceed with her pregnancy or not. It is a true statement that everyone should have a right to his/her own body but in the case of pregnancy and

On the opposite, pro-life supporters assume that fetuses are human, and they are subjected to a lot of pain in the process of an abortion. It is wrong to conclude that a fetus is not a human being since it does not talk, or is not a social entity. Pro-life supporters also argue that a fetus is a potential life and any threat to it is breaking a necessary right to life that is entrenched in almost all constitutions across the world. Pro-choice supporters propose that abortion is an act of purely discrimination to the unborn and that this acts deprives them to the access to a brighter

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.