Ethical Health-care issue- Abortion Mathew V Kurian HCS/545 October 29 2012 . Ethical Health-care issue- Abortion Abortion is the induced termination of a pregnancy after conception. There are different ways in which an abortion can occur. Spontaneous abortions are usually termed as miscarriage. Miscarriage that happens between 8 to 22 weeks is due to incorrect replication of chromosomes‚ and it can be caused by environmental factors. Stillbirth and premature-birth are not considered
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Abortion: an ethical issue? The issue of abortion is probably one of the most intensely debated ethical issues in today’s society. Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a foetus. It may be either spontaneous — when it is also known as miscarriage — or induced‚ when it is a deliberate termination of pregnancy. There are varying perceptions regarding the question of whether induced abortion is ethical at all‚ and if it is‚ in what situation it is
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Abortion is a Serious Ethical Issue: Usually debates about abortion focus on politics and the law: should abortion be outlawed and treated like the murder of a human person‚ or remain a legal choice available to all women? Behind the debates are more fundamental ethical questions which aren’t always given the specific attention they deserve. Some believe that the law shouldn’t legislate morality‚ but all good law is based upon moral values. A failure to openly discuss those values can obscure important
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The Ethical Questioning of Abortion In 1973‚ the Roe vs. Wade trial held in the Supreme Court deemed it unconstitutional to legally ban abortions in the United States (McBride‚ 2006). Immediately following that decision‚ there has been a continuous ethical and legal debate regarding the topic of intentional abortion. This debate focuses mostly on when life begins. Within the debate‚ there are individuals called anti-abortionists that believe human life begins at a zygote and aborting this unicellular
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uninsured unmarried girl who is eight weeks pregnant. Kate grew up in an abusive foster home‚ and she has emancipated herself. She now has no support system. She has evaluated her options‚ but she has decided that her only logical option is to have an abortion. She considered giving the baby up for adoption‚ but because of her experience as an adoptee given back to the foster system‚ she does not want to put her child through an abusive childhood. She also considered keeping the child‚ but she is a senior
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ETHICAL ISSUES WITH ABORTION Abortion is defined as the termination of a pregnancy and the expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival [4]. This definition seems to be blunt and to the point‚ yet the subject of abortion is quite the complex one. There are many people who feel strongly about it and fall on either side of the issue. The problem is it is not as simple as right or wrong‚ black and white‚ good and bad. There is a massive gray area when you talk about life
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Ethical Issues Termination of viable fetus for non life-threatening conditions or abortion has become the subject of many debates even up to these days. It is a universal belief that life is sacred and nobody should be deprived of life‚ even the little ones. The fetus is a human form and from the moment of conception‚ it achieves humanity. Therefore‚ it is entitled to live. When one patient decided to undergo abortion‚ I do not know what exactly I should feel. Considering that she is not having
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In the situation with Mr. and Mrs. Pike the OB/GYN acted ethically in complying with the request. He has to respect their wishes. “Selective Abortion” is performed only to prevent the birth of a particular kind of child (40). In this case‚ Mr. and Mrs. Pike were only seeking boys. Mr. and Mrs. Pike are recent immigrants to the United States and their views are different. The OB/GYN must respect their wishes and give them what they requested. “Respecting an individual’s autonomy entails acknowledging
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In regards to the women that face the decision of whether or not abortion is ethical‚ Ayn Rand‚ a major intellectual figure of the 20th century‚ would say that achieving self interest is the ultimate end.¹ Rand’s philosophy of Objectivist Ethics puts aside the judgement of other people.⁴ She focuses on the goals of the individual and how a person must benefit from their actions for the sake of themselves.⁴ “There is no such thing as ‘society’…only individual men‚” that must fend for themselves as
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I believe we can all agree to this when I say that there are many ethical dilemmas that our society are faced with that are practically impossible to solve. One of the most difficult and controversial issues that we are faced with is abortion. There are numerous strong arguments both for and against the right to have abortion. The difficulty of this issues lies in the different aspects of the argument. The essence of the person‚ rights and who is qualified to these rights‚ are a few of the many aspects
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