Abortion ethics

Abortion is a controversial subject that has been continually argued over for the last 30 years. The main question is whether or not abortion should be legal? Abortion is the destruction of the fetus or unborn child while the child is still in the mother’s womb. There are two sides to this abortion topic, the Pro-Life side and the Pro-Choice side. The pro-life side are those people who are against abortion altogether and the pro-choice side are those individuals who believe it is the woman’s right to choose. The pro-life solution is to have the child and raise it, or give it up for adoption. The pro-choice solution of abortion is ethically wrong and should be made illegal because there are physical consequences for both mother and child as a result of an abortion; abortion has become the solution for carelessness instead of facing the consequences of sexual activity and pregnancy; and finally abortion is ethically wrong because the fetus is a living, breathing child, not some biological mass of molecules and atoms. However, there should be exceptions in the law allowed for rare cases of rape and incest that result in a pregnancy. Pro-choice followers try to use excuses such as rape, incest, health risks and birth defects

She does this of her own free will, and she has control over what she is doing. On May 31, 2004, Congress introduced new legislation called the "Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act". Being poor, too young, unmarried, and not wanting a baby are the most unpopular and most real reasons for having an abortion but society as a whole looks down upon them. In conclusion, the only real answer to this controversy over abortion and its ethical imolications is that abortion should be illeal because it is unethical for many reasins such as because the belief of whether or not abortion is morally wrong and whether or not it should be legal changes with every person you speak to. Has relationship problem or partner does not want pregnancy: 14. Some of those who are pro-life, including myself feel that abortions should be allowed in these cases because they don't know what else they can do for the victim and except it as a rare case. And if you are going to choose to participate in this risky and unsafe practice then you must be ready to pay the consequences. However, these are the reasons accepted by society. Pro-life states that "Abortion is not usually chosen as the immediate solution for rape and incest victims, however that is the prevailing belief of the general population (www.