Deontological View On Abortion Essay

The topic of abortion is a very controversial one and displays a moral dilemma that can be argued in various ways. Abortion involves the termination of an unborn fetus. Some reasoning behind getting an abortion procedure include: a mother being very young or feels that she is ill-equipped to take care of a new child; the embryo having a birth defect that will cause complications for the child's life or for the delivery of the baby; the pregnant woman has been raped and does not want to deliver her attacker's child; social pressures not to have a child before marriage (Gordon, n.d.). Proponents of abortion have made arguments saying that a women has the right to choose what she can/can't do with her body, that the mother's health is priority, and that if the child or mother will experience a poor quality of life from the pregnancy that it is just to allow her to abort the baby. Opponents of abortion have argued that it is wrong to kill a life, even if it is
A deontologist believes that one has an inherent duty to acknowledge the existence of and worship God. She would also believe that one has a duty toward oneself, which involves not killing oneself or harming one's own body. Abortion would most likely be considered harming one's own body, and in addition the life of another body and therefore would be immoral. A virtue ethics perspective may be a little more ambiguous in the dilemma of whether or not to follow through with an abortion. In virtue ethics, having courage, being sincere and generous, and being just generally good it moral and right (Fieser, n.d.). However, we would need to wonder whether having the courage to have an abortion when one isn't financially secure or confident in their ability to provide for another life would be considered ethical. Is terminating the unborn life insensible or cowardly, or is it