Warren beings her argument by acknowledging that abortion “…usually entails the death of a fetus. ( Social and Personal Ethics: The Moral Status Of Abortion, Marry Anne Warren, Page 109)” Shockingly enough, at least to many individuals, Warren still holds firm that safe abortion is both morally permissible and under no circumstance should be illegal. Warren recognizes that it is almost futile to argue with those who believe that abortion is equivalent to murder unless it is argued that fetuses to not have the same right to life as other human beings. She does this by
In cases where the woman is unable to care for the child either; financially, emotionally, or mentally, she may feel that the abortion is morally acceptable. Other instances such as the child may have been conceived as the result of rape or by an abusive partner may also be morally right to get an abortion from the mothers view. Therefore, if a woman feels that having the child would be wrong the philosophy of
The movement of anti-abortion was created and was also expanding. Creating two sides: pro-life which are against abortion, stating that abortion is murder. They believe that the fetus is a person, and has rights like all humans, and shouldn’t be killed. And the other side is pro-choice, entailing that those against abortion are against choice. They don’t see the fetus as an individual, they think that it’s mother’s decision to stay pregnant or not.
Arguments for abortion suggest that the diminished quality of life, pain of treatment, and cost outweigh the value impaired child’s and that abortion is the best utility to minimize harm. Arguments for birthing the child suggest that parents may be a poor comparison other for severely impaired children, that quality of life is inherently precious and should be preserved, and that the cost of birthing does not outweigh the obligation of society to care for all children. There are some important considerations for our topic of whether or not it is morally just for parents to have a child who will suffer from a lethal or even serious genetic disease after genetic testing reveals that the embryo is positive for the gene. First and foremost, the term child may to represent a fetus that may or may not be carried to birth in the case of a diagnosis of a disease. In addition, a criterion definition for what is to be considered a lethal or serious genetic disease is needed.
I will be examining the different reasons for abortion using some strong arguments as well as philosophical terms to help understand philosophically whether or not abortion is legal and justified or illegal and unjustified. I will also state a weakness as to why I would agree with philosophers Jeremy Bentham and John Stewart Mill using their criteria of consequentialism. Some moral and legal aspects of abortion point to some important arguments, whether or not the developing fetus from its beginning to birth has the ability to feel pain and have consciousness would argue one has the right to live or at least have their claim to live. Is the fetus a human being? What is a human being?
There are also opposing sides to this topic as well. With medical side effects that can cause more distress then the possible undesirable traits of a child the determination is not concrete. Many facts support the advancements and benefits but can also discourage the possibility of sex selection. After reading I hope that a person can be further informed and able to make an educated opinion as to whether or not this topic is ethical or not ethical. The author of this paper is strongly against the option to choose the gender of their child.
Pro-life is the opposing argument to pro-choice, and that abortions should be made illegal like in Northern Ireland unless the mother’s life is at serious risk. Many Religions have the traditional view that abortion is a sin. It is argued that if a teenager becomes pregnant and has an abortion they may come to regret this in later life, because at the time they were only a minor. The argument for Pro-life is a choice by people who feel that it is wrong to take a man life, weather that human has been born or not is irrelevant. Abortion is seen as no different to murder.
Within the United States, terminating a fetus because it is a boy, a girl, or has some sort of impairment is also legal and considered an “option” to future parents who choose to not keep the baby. However, should sex selection abortion even be considered an option? Should it even be legal? Every day, children of our future are being killed simply because it will not be a boy, it will not be a girl, or that it will not look “normal” like others. Is this moral?
There are, however, benefits to the child in this topic. Disability is a controversial subject which not many people like to discuss because of the rawness that it can make people feel. However when it is put into an abortion/adoption situation, it is viewed as a lot better to abort than adopt as the severity of the
Is abortion permissible? Abortion of an embryo is morally permissible during a woman’s pregnancy. The are several good reason for this but it will always be a vague subject depending on your interpretation of when a baby is considered a human. One Of the main problems is determining when the embryo shows enough human aspects to be considered human. By human I mean member of social society or is conscious and has reasoning, self-motivated activity, the capacity to communicate and the presence of self-concept or has at least 3 of these characteristics.