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HLT 310V Case Study On Moral Status Paper
Case Study on Moral Status Michael Brophy
Grand Canyon University: HLT-310V
05/20/2015

Marco and Jessica are hit with great news that Jessica is pregnant, however, due to financial restraints Jessica and Marco have not been seeing a physician on a regular basis. Jessica and Marco seem to be barely catching up financially and finally have an opportunity to move out of aunt Marias home to their own place. The situation is looked upon from different moral views. According to Dr. Wilson the best course of action would be for Jessica to have an abortion. Dr. Wilson seems to have mentioned abortion as a viable option for Jessica because the fetus is not developing correctly. According to the ultrasound that Dr. Wilson performed on Jessica it seems that the baby will not develop arms and will have Down syndrome. …show more content…
Moreover, Dr. Wilson mentioned the quality of life for the child will suffer. Moral issue #1 is Marco is trying to convince Dr. Wilson to withhold medical information from Jessica that she has a right to know about. Marco was trying to convince Dr. Wilson that he should allow Marco himself to inform Jessica of the bad news when the time is right. Moral issue #2 is Dr. Wilson has mentioned abortion.
In my opinion Drs should not recommend abortion until all other options have been discussed. Moreover, Dr. Wilson does not know the families religion or their personal beliefs of abortion. Maria comes into the picture because from what I gather Maria is very religious and can feel something is wrong. I’m assuming that Maria sees the issue as “why is Dr. Wilson talking to Marco privately?”, then she thinks obviously something is wrong! Then Maria goes on to pray. Here we have a father that sees the fact, the fact is something is wrong with the fetus and the baby will have a tough
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