Is Abortion Morally Wrong

Around thirty percent of U.S. women will have an abortion by age forty five. Nationally the rates of abortion have declined since 1990. There are many factors to this decline for example sexual activity, the economy, contraceptive use, and the amount of publicity this topic now has. This is why looking at the topic of abortion is so important it is defiantly a very widely debated topic. This paper is going to talk about if abortion is morally wrong or morally permissible through talking about both sides of this ethical question.
Abortion is morally wrong for a handful of reasons here is some insight on why it’s morally wrong. For this paper the definition of abortion that will be used is deliberate removal (or deliberate action to cause the …show more content…
Some will say the aborted are not alive a fetus depends fully on the mother unlike human beings. Many say that if a women is having sex she should be responsible for being responsible for her actions. In reality by making the choice to have an abortion may be the most responsible choice for the mother bringing a baby into the world and not taking care of it is worse than having an abortion. In Kent’s Ethical Theory it states that if it is a self-contradiction or a contradiction of the will, you have a duty (perfect or imperfect) not to act according to that maxim. With that being said women who are raped should have abortions. Living with the guilt of being raped and having a living reminder of that vicious act is not fair to the victim. This also ties the person who raped the mother to the mother making them part of their family that in no way is fair to the mother or the baby. Using situation Ethics and staying on the topic of rape you could say that abortion is evil but may be the 'lesser of two evils' if a woman has been raped, abortion may be an act of love. If a mother is just unable to care for that baby or love it then what’s the point of having one and hating it or despising its existence. The mother might be trying to save the baby from a life that she feels she can’t give the …show more content…
The father has fifty percent of the genetic code in the child even though he does not carry the child around the child is still part of the father in the genetic code. The father will always have an influence in making decisions regarding the baby’s life for example the father provides some financial support to the child and helps the mother by helping to provide a place for her to live as well as food to eat. It was brought up in some research that was read through that the mother donates more genetic material then men but that’s not the case the mother and father both give almost the same amount of chromosomes the ones that are not quite the same are the sex chromosomes. Saying that one parent gives .006 percent more of a chromosome that is not even one percent more. The father is letting the mother borrow the sperm to make a baby. Putting sperm in a women is like putting your money in a bank he may not have his money on him but it’s still his and he owns it. A mother can’t own the baby since the baby is a human being and that is impossible to own another human. I feel the principles of rights should be applied to fathers having the right to voice their option to the fact if their unborn child is going to be aborted or not. If the mother decides she does not what the baby but the