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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have the consent of the baby’s father to get an abortion? First affirmative In order for a woman to be able to get an abortion‚ she should first have to get the father of the babies consent. Fathers across the nation have been feeling this way for years‚ and it’s time to give them a say in what happens to the baby they helped create. For example‚ take New York couple David and Toni Ostreicher. Toni recently became pregnant‚ and wants to get an abortion. David does not want her to get one‚ but she does
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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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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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Course Assignment #3 Sow 301 Human Behaviors and Social Environment Abortion Law Assignment Sept. 5. 2012 Now in North Carolina‚ there are stricter restrictions on how and when women can get abortions. According to the Harold Sun. women will have to wait 24 hours before an abortion. Based on this similar law and impacts in other states‚ the restrictions would cut more than 27‚000 abortions and result in about 2‚900 additional births per year according to the fiscal
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I think that abortion is a safe medical procedure. The reason is that the vast majority of women - 88% - who have an abortion do so in their first trimester. Medical abortions have less than 0.5% risk of serious complications and do not affect a woman’s health or future ability to become pregnant or give birth. Another reason is that teenagers who become mothers have grim prospects for the future. They are much more likely to leave of school; receive inadequate prenatal care; rely on public assistance
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Abortion is a moral dilemma in today’s society there are many that support both sides with good reason; one supporting the life of a newborn‚ the other supporting a woman’s choice to have control over her own life. In this situation a Commanding Officer must face the decision of whether or not he should send a deployed sailor back to the states under “emergency leave” status in order to have an abortion. The Commanding Officer has several things to consider when making this decision that will affect
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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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Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy. If a woman falls pregnant and she does not wish to go through with the pregnancy then she may choose to have an abortion. Abortion is a controversial issue‚ some people say it is ok to abort a baby but others are strongly against it. Sometimes people are against it because they believe it is wrong but some are against it because of their religion‚ their background and their up-bringing. People who are for abortion may have had one and therefore think it
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argue that abortion is not morally permissible. The phrase morally permissible can be explained by the following definition: allowed by principles with respect to what is right and wrong. First‚ this paper will argue that abortion is immoral and not morally permissible in the religious standpoint. This will be followed by an argument of potential personhood in defense for the above claim. Next it will outline the ‘Future like Ours’ argument that Don Marquis makes in his article “Why Abortion Is Immoral
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