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    woman who has a variety of issues that range from her drug addiction which has caused her 4 children to be removed from her home‚ to a current unwanted pregnancy. Ethical challenge The pressing ethical challenge‚ for Amelia‚ is the unwanted pregnancy; pressing because she must make a decision in one week otherwise she will have gone past the safe termination boundary‚ should she decide to terminate. Additionally‚ her family is catholic and does not believe in abortion; on the other hand‚ she has

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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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    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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    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 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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    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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    Is Abortion Ethical? Abortion is one of the very many controversies our country faces. The battle between pro-choice and pro-life has been waged for many years now and still continues today. The big question is; is abortion ethical or not? To determine this there are many questions that need to be answered about the fetus and the mother. Is the fetus a person with rights? Does the pregnant mother have an obligation to the unborn child? Is it ethical to force a pregnant woman to term? Does the

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    Running Head: IS AFFIRMATION ACTION ETHICAL? Is Affirmation Action Ethical? Mehlia Adkins Baker College of Allen Park Cultural Diversity Seth Persky Is Affirmation Action Ethical? Introduction Nowadays‚ the confrontational subject of affirmative action is rising and becoming a controversial issue. This study will explore and analyze the controversy over an ethical affirmative action perspective‚ and examine the social policy behind this basic premise that every individual should receive

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