The Power Of Abortion

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.

Every year, as many as a million lives are aborted; lives that could potentially have been your neighbor, your friend, or even your son or daughter. Abortion is the surgical process of killing a baby by various means; and has been in effect since the Supreme Court ruling on Roe V. Wade in 1973 which legalized it nationwide. It was, at first, endorsed as being a woman’s right, but has more recently been viewed by most as the murder of an innocent child. Besides this shift in views, abortion has caused diverse effects on our culture and nation, as well as the death of upwards of 56 million children according to Life News. Our society has been deeply impacted by the effects of abortion and the loss of millions of innocent lives, and Christian

In the Judith Jarvis Thomson article on “A Defense of Abortion”, there is a lot of arguments that she points out as to why abortion of a child is not entirely wrong. She gives examples and analogies as to what could happen in a case of a woman when she becomes pregnant and is ill, and an abortion is necessary. She gives the readers various points of view on the issue of abortion, and is not seeming to be persuasive to be for or against abortions. It seems as though she is letting the reader understand all angles of the issue and giving the reader a chance to judge for themselves on if abortion is right or wrong considering all factors on what is morally and immorally correct.

There are many ethical dilemmas in the world today such as euthanasia, performance enhancing drugs, pornography, abortion and more. Someone’s worldview is often a big contributor in the decisions they make in regards to the dilemma. Abortion is one of today’s most contested ethical dilemmas (Beattie, 2011). Susan is a mother that is debating whether she should have an abortion or not. Her ethical dilemma case will be analyzed and compared from a Christian worldview perspective and other worldly perspectives.

As girls reach a certain age, they hit puberty and their bodies start to change. Mentally, their hormones, attitudes and perspectives on life start to differ. Physically, they start to grow in places that are visible to the human eye, but they also start to develop in places that we cannot see by just looking at them. This includes their reproductive system, which worldwide has caused many controversial issues that will be further looked upon throughout this paper.

The important ways of looking at the issue of abortion are most easily categorized into five major points, legal precedence, birth control issues, human rights, religion and when life begins. Based on both empirical and moral claims, a wide spectrum of views supporting either more or less legal restriction on abortions has emerged in America. While advocacy groups define the issue through its constitutionality and its moral views represented by their constituents, politicians define the issue by party lines, generally with liberals as “pro-choice” and conservatives as “pro-life.” The media defines the issue morally, presenting to the nation the views of various “pro-life” and “pro-choice” organizations with little empirical evidence from both sides. The various positions that can be taken on this issue can be divided by empirical and moral assumptions to more clearly analyze the particulars of this heated topic. However, the issue focuses in on the basic question; should there be more or less laws governing abortion?

On January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in the landmark case Roe v. Wade, that states could not restrict the right for a woman to have an abortion. Although more than forty years have passed, the controversy surrounding abortion rages on. Many different arguments are used in order to attack or defend abortion. It’s important to look at each of these from as objective of a lens a possible to keep bias, while unavoidable, to a minimum. Essentially each side of this argument boils their points down to be as follows, abortion should be included in a woman’s constitutional right to privacy, while the other side relentlessly argues that abortion is murder. What this says is that the side for abortion doesn’t see the unborn child as a person with equal rights to the mother, while the side against abortion feels that the unborn child in fact has the rights of any person including that of the mother. There are many areas where this argument can be taken obviously, but right now the point that really needs to be evaluated is just this. Is a human being’s fetus a person with the same rights as any other person, or does a pregnant woman have power over the life of the fetus inside of her? This question is not a straight forward one, but the answer boils down to be that based on the necessary requirements to be considered an individual person, the developing embryo inside of a woman does not meet the sufficient conditions to be classified as a person. In order to come to

Abortion by definition is a deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. This is a very controversial issue because many opinions arise about whether or not a child is to be considered alive at a certain point in the pregnancy, as well as the reasoning behind a mothers decision for killing her unborn child. The ethical beliefs of this issue could be based strictly political, religiously, or a combination of both depending on one’s view.

In conclusion, most ethical issues have been associated with abortion as well as maternal and foetal conflicts. The proponents and opponents have always been divided equally in both sides. Some of the points made for and against the acceptance of abortion in society have always revolved around the relationship between the mother and the foetus (Mattingly, 2012). It is important to state that three ethical issues are important in discussing issues relating to abortion. The three include autonomy, nonmaleficence and beneficence. Of all three ethical issues, autonomy of the women has been identified as one of the most important factor that takes precedent over the others. The decision finally lies with the woman (Nocon, 2010). However, if a party

The concept of law and morality have always been two concepts of society that contradict each other. The laws we as a society abide by were never perfect nor will it ever be. There is no society in which a Utopian nation exists however, trying to make just laws that are fair to everyone is feasible. When laws are made, many things are taken in consideration and that includes the negatives and positive aspects of it. Slavery for example, during the 18th century was legal and right. This made the society back then question the conscious of man that was why it was abolished. When laws are made constitutional, legislators should consider both positive and negative factors as well as aspects from morality and human consciousness. The great Henry Thoreau questioned “Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience, then?” Society has been much oriented on obeying the law and not questioning these laws for the sake of consciousness. Laws such

Abortion is seen by some as the murder of a human being, an action that defies the word of God; others believe that abortion is a women’s fundamental right and any law that is against it is a violation of a woman's privacy and their free will. Those who are for abortion call themselves “Pro-choice” while those who are against it call themselves “Pro-Life” or “Anti-Abortion”. With all this in mind, it is easy to see why abortion is such a controversial topic, and everyone's stance on it is different due to the morality, legality, and factors that affect someone individually will play a role on deciding where you stand. Because finding the falsehoods and truth within each is how people should tackle the subject to then decide for themselves.

Abortion has been around since the beginning of human civilization, but the views on abortion have changed with the times. Abortion is the intentional termination of a human fetus while in the womb. In the premodern era, many groups, like the Stoics, Romans, and Greeks, accepted abortion as moral and lawful. This would soon change with the spread of Christianity. Christians despised the idea of abortion and everything associated with it. With many people in power beginning to follow the Christians ways, laws prohibiting abortion became common. People began to see abortion in a different light.

The social issue I am exploring is abortion. The two questions I am researching are: “Please tell me whether or not you think it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain legal abortion if there is a strong chance of a serious defect in the baby” and “Please tell me whether or not you think it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain legal abortion if the woman wants to for any reason.” This social issue is important because it can be viewed from a legal, moral, religious, and social standpoint. It also has only become a large part of our society, and therefore a largely debated issue, in the last half century. It also is sociologically important because it is a debate over the ideal our country was formed on: freedom.

One of the most controversial dilemmas occurring today is the topic of abortion. Some believe that a pregnant woman has the choice to end the life of their unborn child if the mother decides that this is what she wants, especially because the child has not been born and walked this earth yet. Others feel that if the woman chooses to have an abortion, the woman would be considered a murderer because she is ending the life of another human. There is also the gray area where abortion might or might not be acceptable or necessary. Furthermore, the question at hand is whether or not Susan should go through with her pregnancy, even though her child will have Down syndrome. There are opposing points of views

This will probably be my longest post, but the most meaningful and, I believe, it is worth reading....We are going to have Irish twins! Yes this is way earlier than we were expecting and yes people will judge us, but I just don't care. Yeah we may not have been ready, but at least we are taking responsibility for our actions. I'm not going out there getting abortions like so many! You make that choice, and you take that risk of getting pregnant when you decide to be unsafe, end of story.