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Abortion Ethics On the question of abortion being moral, the . ...
Abortion Ethics
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. ... Quality is a major factor in the question of the morality of abortion. ... Still, for the argument that abortion is immoral, you must argue that the action is immoral, not the child. ... If we are then talking about the act of abortion then who is to determine right and wrong. ... To say that the abortion is moral because the pregnancy arose from a crime is to place a value judgement on a child before it is born. ... I offer you the explanation that the circumstances surrounding the pregnancy can be deemed moral or immoral, but the fetus and therefore the abortion cannot. ... I think that it is important to remember that morals can be established for a society in particular, such as abortion in immoral, but cannot be changed by the context of how the pregnancy occurred. ... A credible objection to my main position is that abortion is wrong except in the case of rape or incest. ... Therefore having an abortion take this problem out of the equation and lets a mother make an informed decision whether or not to have a child and whether or not to give it for adoption. ... I have tried to outline why abortion is moral by guiding the reader through a series of steps outlining thinking toward the fetus and we should regard it.
Approximate Word count = 1409
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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