Ethics of Abortion
Abortion Morality
Abortion has been a highly debatable topic for many years due to individual views on the moral aspects of life and death and who ultimately has the right to choose. The debatable highlights of abortion vary greatly over a woman’s right of choice over her body, countries whose citizens use it to choose sex of the child or population control due to government limitations, religious and political opposition, when the embryo is “human”, and the right to terminate at any stage. Additionally there are social aspects that some say justify the termination at any stage. Due to all of these controversial issues, and social considerations, great pressure has been placed on society to determine the validity of abortion. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, an affiliate of Planned Parenthood, approximately 1,206,192 abortions occur every year in the United States alone. The most common reason given for aborting a pregnancy are financial limitations and current obligations such as interruption of education, career or other responsibilities. Less common reasons given were fear of being a single parent, unhealthy relationships, medical issues and those that did not plan for any more children. The numbers are shocking and the reasons ultimately summarize that the majority of the pregnancies were not planned, and therefore unwanted. Politically, the topic of abortion is always a matter of great concern during political campaigns due to legality. The people of the United States demand to know the position of each candidate running for office. Historically, the Democratic party supports the legality of abortion, while the Republican party opposes it. Unlike the United States, China has received great attention for its method of population control through the nation’s family planning policy that only allows for one child to be born to a family. Families who do not comply with this policy are forced to pay significant fines if they do not
Abortion has been a highly debatable topic for many years due to individual views on the moral aspects of life and death and who ultimately has the right to choose. The debatable highlights of abortion vary greatly over a woman’s right of choice over her body, countries whose citizens use it to choose sex of the child or population control due to government limitations, religious and political opposition, when the embryo is “human”, and the right to terminate at any stage. Additionally there are social aspects that some say justify the termination at any stage. Due to all of these controversial issues, and social considerations, great pressure has been placed on society to determine the validity of abortion. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, an affiliate of Planned Parenthood, approximately 1,206,192 abortions occur every year in the United States alone. The most common reason given for aborting a pregnancy are financial limitations and current obligations such as interruption of education, career or other responsibilities. Less common reasons given were fear of being a single parent, unhealthy relationships, medical issues and those that did not plan for any more children. The numbers are shocking and the reasons ultimately summarize that the majority of the pregnancies were not planned, and therefore unwanted. Politically, the topic of abortion is always a matter of great concern during political campaigns due to legality. The people of the United States demand to know the position of each candidate running for office. Historically, the Democratic party supports the legality of abortion, while the Republican party opposes it. Unlike the United States, China has received great attention for its method of population control through the nation’s family planning policy that only allows for one child to be born to a family. Families who do not comply with this policy are forced to pay significant fines if they do not