Abortion And The Ramifications We Face Analysis

Abortion and the Ramifications We Face Abortion is considered by many to be a very controversial topic and seems to come down to the question of what the moral status of a fetus is. At what point is a fetus defined as a person the early stages of conception or the later stages of brain development and function. Many people across our nation have many different views on this particular subject. The moral status of the fetus is what makes abortion immoral. Taking another’s life regardless of the capacity is wrong.
The logical explanation on why it is morally wrong to kill a fetus is that every successful abortion kills an unborn entity, a full-fledged member of the human community. (Piipo) When discussing members of the human community, an unborn entity is considered to be a full-fledged member at the exact moment of conception. Logically showing that a fetus has the same rights as you or I at the moment of conception is a pill that is definitely hard to swallow for most folks but, it is indeed a fact. Realizing this fact is all a logical person needs to make the right decision concerning abortion and the immoral repercussions it has on a living being. …show more content…
A geneticist can determine the difference from an embryo and an egg but not an embryo and a full grown human being. So if a scientist cannot determine the difference they who are we to say that it is not a human being. Defining yet another medical reason would be the age old argument of life and death. If the stopping of a heartbeat could justify someone to be pronounced dead couldn’t the presence of a heartbeat be the opposite proving life. Science continues to prove within a shadow of a doubt that an embryo is the first stage of a human being transforming into a new