Four Responses To Abortion
Of the four responses offered in the scenario, I personally think that option A is the most ethical of all. I fully agree with Dr. William that the “priority is the real known, verifiable life of the mother, and not the potential, dependent life that she is carrying” (Abortion, 2016). It is true that the mother should be the main priority here because the life that she is carrying inside her may or may not be considered a human being. As argued before, according to Britain’s Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, many neurologists believe that “cortex is necessary for pain perception and a cortex is not fully functional till the 26th week and many abortions are performed well before 26th-week gestation. (Pro & Con Arguments, 2016).
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“Women often tried to induce abortion or causing a miscarriage by throwing themselves down stairs or inflicting violence on themselves (When abortion was illegal, 2005). Even though some people are convinced that aborting a fetus is an act of killing and abortion should be illegal, they forget that raising an “unwanted” child can later harm the child’s physical, emotional and psychological well- being as the mother is stressed and not content being a mom and sees her child as a
“Women often tried to induce abortion or causing a miscarriage by throwing themselves down stairs or inflicting violence on themselves (When abortion was illegal, 2005). Even though some people are convinced that aborting a fetus is an act of killing and abortion should be illegal, they forget that raising an “unwanted” child can later harm the child’s physical, emotional and psychological well- being as the mother is stressed and not content being a mom and sees her child as a