Stephen Howell
Writings of Reason and Revolution
Prof. Charles Chitwood
May 26, 2013 A young man, John, wakes up to go to work and receives a phone call from a girl he has been seeing for a couple months. John asks Susan, “What’s wrong you sound upset?” That’s when he receives the news that he is going to be a father. Both of them are extremely scared, it must be understood they are only in their early twenties and neither one of them is ready to be a parent. The decision is made and they are off to the clinic to schedule an abortion. It’s a harsh reality but it’s a reality none the less. Is it ok for a couple to have an abortion? What if the circumstances were different, does it make it ok then? This couple wants …show more content…
This statement is true to an extent as long as people take care of themselves they can manage their own bodies. But if you attempt to inflict harm upon yourself the state has the right to lock you up. It is quite strange how you have the choice to kill a fetus but you can’t cut yourself. A step farther you have a legal right to kill a fetus but you can be criminally charged in some states for attempting suicide. Teleology is meaning and purpose of the universe, its inanimate elements, and it inhabitants. So if a fetus is inside a woman that is the fetus’ universe. In teleology a fetus can use what surrounds it to insure it can stay alive. But as with anything else there can be different views in teleology. There are some who say the fetus has a claim on the uterus because the uterus was created by God for fetus to use. This is ridiculous because that would cause many people using this theory to their advantage. Some already have, New York Times posted a story in May of 2013 where Francisco Martinez was convicted of “Reckless Rape” for repeatedly raping his wife. It states that he would come home from Orange County Correctional Facility where he worked, and demand sex from his wife. He claimed that it was his right and her duty and that that’s what she was there for. Just because God created things for certain reasons that do not mean that other people have the rights to these things without approval from the other