In discussion of abortion, a controversial issue has been whether abortion is moral or immoral. This issue is important because it affects thousands of people a year. On one hand, abortion is considered immoral because it can be seen as murder. On the other hand, others argue it is not murder and it is no one’s business, but the mother’s. In this paper, I will argue that abortion is morally justified and is in no way murder.
I will begin by introducing three accounts of abortion. One view is that abortion is the same as killing a human. The second view is that abortion may or may not be wrong, but abortion is not against moral codes if the fetus is not human. The last view is that abortion is moral at anytime during a pregnancy. Then, I will …show more content…
The right to life means you can not be unjustly killed. A mother and a child both should have experiences in the world, but if it is ultimately the woman’s decision to keep the child or not. An example of this is that a child is continuously growing in a house that it shares with it’s mother. In a matter of seconds, the mother will die from suffocation and the child will live and break out of the house. It is perfectly fine if the mother decides to abort the child because she also has a right to live, but it is her decision because it is her body (Thomson). The example could also be a healthy pregnant woman who no longer wants a child. The child is not owed anything from the mother, but it would be kind on the mother’s part to allow the child to stay in her womb, until the nine months are finished. A woman can unjustly kill a child if she voluntarily engages in intercourse and becomes pregnant. She can no longer kill that child because she knew the possibility of becoming pregnant was there. If a woman was raped, she can abort the baby without it being unjust. Another case is if a woman protects herself and engages in intercourse, but becomes pregnant due to a defect, the abortion is just because she took the necessary precaution to prevent a
I will begin by introducing three accounts of abortion. One view is that abortion is the same as killing a human. The second view is that abortion may or may not be wrong, but abortion is not against moral codes if the fetus is not human. The last view is that abortion is moral at anytime during a pregnancy. Then, I will …show more content…
The right to life means you can not be unjustly killed. A mother and a child both should have experiences in the world, but if it is ultimately the woman’s decision to keep the child or not. An example of this is that a child is continuously growing in a house that it shares with it’s mother. In a matter of seconds, the mother will die from suffocation and the child will live and break out of the house. It is perfectly fine if the mother decides to abort the child because she also has a right to live, but it is her decision because it is her body (Thomson). The example could also be a healthy pregnant woman who no longer wants a child. The child is not owed anything from the mother, but it would be kind on the mother’s part to allow the child to stay in her womb, until the nine months are finished. A woman can unjustly kill a child if she voluntarily engages in intercourse and becomes pregnant. She can no longer kill that child because she knew the possibility of becoming pregnant was there. If a woman was raped, she can abort the baby without it being unjust. Another case is if a woman protects herself and engages in intercourse, but becomes pregnant due to a defect, the abortion is just because she took the necessary precaution to prevent a