Pro/Con Analysis – Abortion: An Ethical Dilemma Introduction Aristotle supports abortion when writing that "when couples have children in excess‚ let abortion be procured before sense and life have begun; what may or may not be lawfully done in these cases depends on the question of life and sensation" (Politics‚ 7:16) The issue of abortion involves a reflection on the reasons for or against terminating the life of a fetus. Much has been written on the issue of abortion both in the popular
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Prof. Otwell Abortion Sometimes getting pregnant and having a baby is the greatest thing that can happen to someone and that’s all they have ever dreamed about. There are other cases however‚ in which pregnancy is not so happily received. A young woman‚ still in high school‚ would most likely not receive the pregnancy as well‚ and nor should she. What are her options once she does become pregnant? Based on John Stuart Mills ideas of Utilitarianism‚ he would condone an abortion because it is
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Ethical Responses to abortion Utilitarianism Is teleological‚ concerned with outcomes. Utilitarians would ask whether having an abortion brings about the greatest good. Having an abortion because of financial pressures‚ other family members’ needs‚ education‚ work - any of these reasons may be justified by the hedonic calculus. Utilitarianism challenged traditional views that abortion was an ’evil’ act‚ arguing instead that the end justifies the means. Utilitarianism generally supports a pro-choice
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LEGALIZATION OF ABORTION IN MEXICO The legalization of abortion in Mexico is one of the most controversial issues that we have witnessed in recent years‚ because society is predominantly Catholic‚ and the church retains an important political role. The controversy arises because a woman’s fundamental right is the right to decide over her own body‚ but at what point is violating the right to life of a fetus? One of the main reasons for the legalization of abortion is that it is
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Abortion‚ Society‚ and Gender Abortion is arguably the most controversial topic in all the issues revolving around reproduction. Women of all different races‚ classes‚ and religions have been practicing abortion since before the colonial era in America. The laws pertaining to abortion have changed many times‚ adding and removing discrepancies and stipulations throughout many years‚ and still to this day. The views of abortion in society during different time periods have also changed and
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Considerer this question in relation to abortion 2006 Most moral issues in medicine and healthcare will instigate lively debate‚ but no subject seems to inflame tempers more than the question of abortion. The gulf between pro-life and pro-choice can be an uncompromising stance of deeply held beliefs and principles. On the one hand‚ there is the claim that the foetus is a human being with the same right to life as any other human being‚ and abortion is therefore nothing less than murder. On
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Is abortion morally justifiable? The issue concerning abortion is considered to divide many individuals‚ it tends to be fought over the point in which a foetus (an unborn human baby more than eight weeks after conception) becomes an independent life that has its own values: before birth or after conception. “To my mind life begins at the moment of conception‚ and to suggest otherwise seems to me just the sort of casuistry which an anti-Papist might describe as fesuitical. (Incidentally‚ I am
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IS ABORTION WRONG OR IS IT RIGHT? Abortion is defined as: "the termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival." However‚ if only the debate over the abortion issue was as simple as the definition provided above. Much like every aspect of human life‚ a statement is neither right nor wrong‚ but simply left open for interpretation. There is no black and white in life‚ only gray areas. Some issues tend to provide us more gray areas than others. Abortion
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If we took a moment of silence for each baby lost to abortion‚ we would be silent for over 100 years” (Frank Pavone). Many people who are pro-abortion continuously argue that abortion is not murder. However‚ if abortion is not murder‚ then why is it considered double homicide when a pregnant woman is killed? Unfortunately‚ over one million abortions are performed each year‚ which is a fifth of all pregnancies in the United States. Abortion should be illegal because not only does it hurt and kill
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Should Abortion be Legal? Melissa Papai PHI103: Informal Logic Instructor: Jennifer Hacker 7/1/13 Should Abortion be Legal? Even though Abortion raises a host of ethical issues since it basically involves the termination of a probable human life. The debate over the legal and ethical viability of abortion has been complicated by the lack of consensus in defining whether a developing embryo can be equated with a human life. Methods to abort unwanted or undesired pregnancies have been
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