The Morality of Abortion On the question of abortion being moral‚ the answer is clearly that terminating a fetus’ life under certain circumstances is not only moral‚ but it is also our responsibility to terminate it if the quality of life is in question for the fetus. A second major reason is that to declare abortion immoral would mean that we would have to consider the factor of how the conception came about. This cannot and should not be done. Quality is a major factor in the question
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Muhammed Abdelhalim 11-19-12 Abortion Essay Abortion has always been a sensitive topic because it deals with the life of an unborn human being. There are always the same two sides in this argument too‚ which include pro-choice and pro-life. Life is a precious thing to all of us. We are simply born into this world‚ live out our life‚ and then die and are eventually forgotten. However‚ the events that lead up to these unborn human beings can change our decision on whether we are either pro-choice
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Abstract The history of the abortion debate has continued for decades. In today’s society the topic is very demanding and controversial. Prolifer’s as the name proceeds‚ frame the debate as the right to life for the baby. Individuals who are for Pro-choice may or may not address whether the fetus is in fact a life‚ and frame the debate in terms of woman having the right to choose what’s best for their bodies without worrying about the government getting involved. In the following paper I
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teens with sex-education programs but only for teens who attend private schools. For many republicans abortion is unethical since to them this is taking away the unborn child’s right to live.Many conservatives argue that abortion is wrong because this kills innocent human beings‚ a fetus is a human being therefore‚ it is wrong to kill a human being. In Peter Singer’s Utilitarian argument about abortion‚ he states “To describe a being as ’human’ is to use a term that straddles two distinct notions: membership
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Brown PHILL 111 Lisa McLeod 10/31/2011 The Abortion Debate The permissibility of abortion is a highly debated ethical dilemma. There have been many valid arguments for both sides. Don Marquis is an author who presented his view on the topic in his article titled “Why Abortion is immoral”. An equally convincing paper has also been written by author Judith Jarvis Thomson debating the other side of the argument. Her work is titled “A Defense of Abortion”. Both of these papers attempt to use logical
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Ethical Theories 1 Explain Marquis’s presentation of the "typical" anti-abortion argument. 1. Fetuses are living and human. 2. Humans have the right to live. 3. Fetuses have a right to life. 4. Women have a right to control their bodies. 5. The right to life is morally more important than the right to control one’s body. 6. Abortion places the right to control one’s body over the right to life. Abortion is wrong. Then explain his presentation of the "typical" pro-life argument
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The Slaughter of Innocence 46 million abortions are performed every year. In other words‚ 46 million lives are being killed before having been given a chance to live. Abortions should be made illegal throughout the world. This procedure should not be allowed because it destroys life‚ has consequential physical and mental problems on the women involved‚ and because other preferable options exist. Life begins at conception‚ when the male’s sperm fertilizes the female’s egg. When a woman
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Eden Shuffield Philosophy: Intro to Ethics George Gittinger 14 Sept 2014 Abortion The word abortion‚ availing itself in two different forms (spontaneous abortion or miscarriage‚ and surgical or medical) is simply used to describe the early ending or termination of a pregnancy. The form discussed throughout the remainder of this essay will be the surgical and medical type. Abortions have been practiced for centuries‚ dating back to the Egyptian era‚ around 1550 BC (historyof.com). The practice
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Was she happy‚ sad‚ angry‚ or confused? Now imagine not being born. What does it look like? Not very fun isn’t it. Today in America women all over are considering to murder their child. You might be thinking‚ “wow that was harsh”. But it’s true‚ Abortion is MURDER. First there is a pill. A pill that will make you no longer carry a pregnancy. Basically giving you medicine to suffocate your child. Then another pill to empty out the uterus‚ so that there is no trace that a child was even there.
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Abortion is viewed as morally impermissible. The premise is made that the fetus’s right to life outweighs the mother’s right as to what happens in and to her body. Thomson argues that abortion is morally permissible in certain cases such as rape and if the mother’s life is at risk. Thomson’s argument is valid‚ thus making the original argument that abortion is morally impermissible‚ false in certain cases‚ and also rejecting the original premise that was made. Thomoson uses the premise that
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