Is abortion ethically right?
Since the English parliament voted in favor of the Abortion Act in 1967, the central issue that dominates the abortion debates has not changed since then. Since the Act was enacted, the central issue that has concerned many scholars is the moral status of the human fetus. In many cases the debate that ensues at the mention of the word abortion is not a moral debate; rather, it is a theological and a times metaphysical debate which has immense moral implications.
In this paper, we are going to discuss whether abortion is ethical for those who consider carrying it out. In many countries over the world, it is considered illegal to kill another person if they are non-aggressors. If one happens to kill another person, one faces major legal and moral prohibitions and sanctions as a form of punishment. This means that killing someone is ethically wrong before the eyes of many. A human being develops from a fertilized ovum to a pre-embryo, then to an embryo to a fetus and lastly to a baby. Before a baby is born, many women have always opted to terminate the pregnancies in one of the stages of development. The question that arises now is, when does one acquire the legal and moral standing not to be killed if he or she is not an aggressor? Many will agree with me that it is once the ovum is fertilized.
Thus in the research, we will be discussing why it is ethically wrong to abort an unborn baby at whichever stage of development. This is because in many communities and in the basis or religion, life begins at conception and therefore abortion is ethically wrong.
Since the English parliament voted in favor of the Abortion Act in 1967, the central issue that dominates the abortion debates has not changed since then. Since the Act was enacted, the central issue that has concerned many scholars is the moral status of the human fetus. In many cases the debate that ensues at the mention of the word abortion is not a moral debate; rather, it is a theological and a times metaphysical debate which has immense moral implications.
In this paper, we are going to discuss whether abortion is ethical for those who consider carrying it out. In many countries over the world, it is considered illegal to kill another person if they are non-aggressors. If one happens to kill another person, one faces major legal and moral prohibitions and sanctions as a form of punishment. This means that killing someone is ethically wrong before the eyes of many. A human being develops from a fertilized ovum to a pre-embryo, then to an embryo to a fetus and lastly to a baby. Before a baby is born, many women have always opted to terminate the pregnancies in one of the stages of development. The question that arises now is, when does one acquire the legal and moral standing not to be killed if he or she is not an aggressor? Many will agree with me that it is once the ovum is fertilized.
Thus in the research, we will be discussing why it is ethically wrong to abort an unborn baby at whichever stage of development. This is because in many communities and in the basis or religion, life begins at conception and therefore abortion is ethically wrong.
Since the English parliament voted in favor of the Abortion Act in 1967, the central issue that dominates the abortion debates has not changed since then. Since the Act was enacted, the central issue that has concerned many scholars is the moral status of the human fetus. In many cases the debate that ensues at the mention of the word abortion is not a moral debate; rather, it is a theological and a times metaphysical debate which has immense moral implications.
In this paper, we are going to discuss whether abortion is ethical for those who consider carrying it out. In many countries over the world, it is considered illegal to kill another person if they are non-aggressors. If one happens to kill another person, one faces major legal and moral prohibitions and sanctions as a form of punishment. This means that killing someone is ethically wrong before the eyes of many. A human being develops from a fertilized ovum to a pre-embryo, then to an embryo to a fetus and lastly to a baby. Before a baby is born, many women have always opted to terminate the pregnancies in one of the stages of development. The question that arises now is, when does one acquire the legal and moral standing not to be killed if he or she is not an aggressor? Many will agree with me that it is once the ovum is fertilized.
Thus in the research, we will be discussing why it is ethically wrong to abort an unborn baby at whichever stage of development. This is because in many communities and in the basis or religion, life begins at conception and therefore abortion is ethically wrong.