The Issues That Surround Biomedical Ethics

Out of all modern social controversies, perhaps the most heated controversy is that of abortion. In today’s society you are either a Pro-life or a Pro-choice, there is not a middle ground. Pro-life are individuals who believe abortion is immoral and should be stop for the wellbeing of women and unborn babies. In contrast, the Pro-choice individuals do not necessarily promote abortion, they just believe women should be the ones to make decisions over their bodies and health. Although the two main sides of the abortion debate have concerns for human life, pro-life activists worries more about the fetus and morals, a clear difference from the pro-choice that worries more for the women and their rights. Based on the points I explored, the pro-choice arguments are stronger than pro-life arguments. Most of both groups arguments comes from peer-reviewed researches from well-known sources to support each individual concept. Effects on women,socio-politics, and fetus are some of the main point of conflicts between the pro-life and pro-choice advocates.

Over the years women have struggled with wanted and unwanted pregnancies. Planned parenthood and not ?planned parenthood? has become a choice for some women. Variables will come into affect for each of theses women and certain circumstances will effect their decision to have an abortion or not to have an abortion. The populations in the research are women from sixteen to twenty-nine with information including ethical dilemmas, society influence, religious backgrounds, health issues, sexual activity, substance abuse, rape, financial issues, family /relationship dynamics, long term implications with physical and mental affects and legal ramifications and acts will be covered in this paper. The research will have statistics, evidenced based facts and legal documented court decisions, physical and mental health issues with interventions. Plan for change will be a consideration to help with this topic of abortion.

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.

Abortion is one of the most polarising moral issues in today’s society. It presents an ethical dilemma for many people and especially all healthcare professionals involved. Firstly, this essay will begin by briefly outlining the highly controversial issue of abortion, discuss why this topic draws fierce debate, for and against, and explain the current legal standing in the UK today. It will then move on to explain how different ethical models can be used in relation to ethical dilemmas, in particular Thiroux’s Five Principles of Ethic’s. Using this model to discuss how each principle individually applies to this contested issue it will then conclude by summarising and highlighting the main conflicts

Less than point five percent of the reasons given by women for abortions are rape. Fetal and physical health complications add up seven percent, another seven percent do not feel they are mature enough to have a child. While health impediments are troubling, women that, by definition, feel unduly immature should stay obstinate in order to avoid such circumstances. Four percent believes that an infant would interfere with their career or education, twenty-three out of each hundred gave the grounds of not being able to afford the expenses of raising a child and twenty-five percent stated they were not ready for a child, another nineteen percent are done having children, eight percent do not want to be a single mother, the last six have no reason. Overall ninety-five per hundreds of abortions can be prevented by being obstinate or having a tubal ligation. Under what premise is it logical to become pregnant followed by an abortion, when from the start you knew you did not want any

One of the most controversial topics in America is abortion. In medical terms, “an abortion is the premature exit of the products of conception (the fetus, fetal membranes, and placenta) from the uterus” (Medicine Net). All around the world, the practice of abortions has been widely used to control a woman’s reproduction. The polarizing, emotional debate on abortion has been an ongoing issue that still exists today. People’s different perspectives and opinion on whether or not abortion is immoral continue to divide America into two groups: “Pro-choice” and “Pro-life”. However, pro-life advocates tend to focus more on the fetus rather than how abortion and programs have actually benefited the mother and families. There is hypocrisy in people who identify themselves as “pro-life” and the word itself can be misleading as it does not align with the true values of protecting a life.

With abortion being a touchy subject, people will find themselves having some strong opinions on their morality, but there are instances where abortions are a medical necessity to save lives when threatening circumstances present themselves. For this reason, hospitals need to let medical knowledge take precedence over any religious ideologies. Ironically, in an article from USA Today there is a quote from the National Right to Life Committee, a leading group that opposes abortion, where they state abortions are necessary in limited circumstances to prevent the death of the mother (Painter, pg.1). Therefore, people today seem to agree on that the stance of abortions having some medical benefit. Most people would agree that even though abortions come with many ethical problems, they have a real benefit in medicine and are

This author has chosen to discuss the ethical issues of abortion. This is a highly debated topic that will exist amongst women. It is happening at high rates. “In 2013, 664,435 legal induced abortions

One of the multi-disclipinary group that involve in the challenge to practices ethics in clinical setting also involve clinical bioethics services group. The challenges faced by this group is lone clinical ethicists. This happen when relying only a single bioethicist to provide ethics services. The lone clinical bioethicist faces a number of challenges related to specialization, workload and peer support. Clinical bioethics services need full cooperation from medical,nurses and other profession in clinical area to get involves in delivery and practices of ethics in care of patient. Clinical ethicists have the generalist and specialist competencies to be a valuable resources to their organization, they cannot alone to provide all the clinical

Grant's decision to support the ideals that best benefited the public interest despite it's costs was indeed a bold one. Extensive research in various scientific oriented facets has provided us with an immense amount of knowledge, but as we go about gathering this knowledge we face various challenges some both ethically and morally challenging.

If a patient goes to the doctor for a yearly check-up or bloodwork and the doctor and/or the physician finds that they have an incurable disease, do they need to know? Or if the patient (if they are a child or simply have family/friends there who they wish not to be told) has information they need to give to their doctor/physician and they tell them after everyone leaves, does the doctor have the right or must they tell the parents, relatives, or friends. This is ethics (specifically in the biomedical field), according to Discoverer ProQuest, “Bioethics is the branch of ethics, or moral decision-making, that deals with the problems of biology and medicine. It requires disciplined, systematic reflection on these difficult issues.”(Bioethics

My area of interest focuses on examining the ways in which religion interacts with biomedical ethical issues and how those dynamics manifest at an individual, societal and global level. My passion for this particular field stems from the awareness that religion has the power to affect the lives of every human on earth regardless of their personal convictions. With this, it is likely that religion will continue to have a powerful presence on earth and biomedical technology will simultaneously continue to advance. Thus, it is imperative to study religion’s significant role in numerous aspects of public health from its influence in decisions regarding treatment options to the use, development and availability of various forms of technology. Specifically,

Typically, the issue of abortion in the United States has been one that has courted controversy and created a public, political, and moral divide. While some feel that abortion should be illegal, others feel it should be restricted. Still others feel it should be legal and freely accessed. Although there are many ethical phases which originate from the application of reproduction control in women’s health, the main issues that raise ethical problems following the development of assisted reproduction techniques are: the right to procreate or reproduce. Induce abortion raises ethical issues related to the rights of women versus the rights

The Ethics Of Abortion is a very controversial subject that has been continually argued over for the past few years and probably many more years to come. The main controversy is should abortion remain legalized? Before we get into the many sides of abortion we must first define abortion. Abortion is the destruction of the fetus or unborn child while the child is still in the mother’s womb. This can be done by almost anyone from the mother herself to back alley abortions and even to abortions by clinics set up especially for this purpose. There are two sides to this abortion topic, the PRO-LIFE, which is those who are against abortion altogether and the PRO- CHOICE or those who believe it is the woman’s right to

According to the pro-life people, the fetus has the right to life from conception onwards while the pro-choice people argue that, women have rights over their bodies and lives and can chose whether to have an abortion or not (Rocchi 610). However, in general, when arguing about whether abortion is the right choice or not, it is good to consider about its existence and the results. In the current world today, about 54 countries have legalized abortion and this is about 61 percent of the world population (Baumgardner 45). Lee asserts that, unintentional pregnancies are said to account for half of all pregnancies and research shows that, 4 out of 10 of these pregnancies are aborted. I the United States alone, it is estimated that about 1.6 pregnancies are aborted (250). This shows how many innocent lives are being lost through this process of abortion.