Why Is Abortion Wrong
Matthew Friedman
Ethics Reflection
Topic: Abortion
Date: November 28, 2012
Teacher: Mr. Duchene
In today’s society, pregnancy is extremely common. Hundreds of babies are born every single day. Pregnancy comes mainly from young adults, older adults, and in many cases these days, even teens. Pregnancy does not always happen by choice. With the case where the pregnant women does not want the baby, there is a procedure called an abortion. Briefly, an abortion is when after finding out they are pregnant, women can go to their doctor and intentionally terminate their pregnancy. For the last decade, it has been a debate whether abortions are correct or incorrect. Personally, I believe that abortions are completely correct. There are so many cases where women become pregnant at an incorrect time. The main reasons that abortions occur are due to teen pregnancy, the inability to support a child and contraceptive failure. …show more content…
Time and maturity are the main reasons. Let’s take teen pregnancy for example. This is becoming a huge issue today, because teenagers are becoming more sexually active in their lives. People make mistakes, and abortions can solve this issue. If a teen does not use protection and becomes pregnant, this procedure can help them. A teenager is not prepared to take care of a child. They won’t have time to take care of themselves plus a child. An abortion is never recommended but encouraged due to the situation of the pregnancy. This has proven to be very helpful for many teens in the past couple of
Ethics Reflection
Topic: Abortion
Date: November 28, 2012
Teacher: Mr. Duchene
In today’s society, pregnancy is extremely common. Hundreds of babies are born every single day. Pregnancy comes mainly from young adults, older adults, and in many cases these days, even teens. Pregnancy does not always happen by choice. With the case where the pregnant women does not want the baby, there is a procedure called an abortion. Briefly, an abortion is when after finding out they are pregnant, women can go to their doctor and intentionally terminate their pregnancy. For the last decade, it has been a debate whether abortions are correct or incorrect. Personally, I believe that abortions are completely correct. There are so many cases where women become pregnant at an incorrect time. The main reasons that abortions occur are due to teen pregnancy, the inability to support a child and contraceptive failure. …show more content…
Time and maturity are the main reasons. Let’s take teen pregnancy for example. This is becoming a huge issue today, because teenagers are becoming more sexually active in their lives. People make mistakes, and abortions can solve this issue. If a teen does not use protection and becomes pregnant, this procedure can help them. A teenager is not prepared to take care of a child. They won’t have time to take care of themselves plus a child. An abortion is never recommended but encouraged due to the situation of the pregnancy. This has proven to be very helpful for many teens in the past couple of