Abortion is a practice that in my view goes to disrespect the human dignity and the sanctity of life. Life is sacred and requires respect for human life without reducing it to an object that can be gotten rid of as one desires. It is about time that people are charged both victims and medical practitioners who illegally perform the act to ensure that the practice is a thing of the past in society. The facts are clear and no argument drives …show more content…
The interesting bit about the debate is learning that abortions are perpetrated by the medical professionals a situation that does not inspire the ethical standards of medical practitioners. The commentary is on an analysis of the various challenges that are present towards understanding the intrigues towards the achievement of a society free of social irresponsibility and lack ethical standards.
Abortion is an act of deliberate termination of human pregnancy, and it is performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. It has elicited debate from different factions with different arguments from the pro-life crusaders and other people who demand that it is the constitutional right of women to decide on whether to terminate or keep the pregnancy. The controversial topic has different dimensional views on the subject.
The terminated pregnancy is not fair to the unborn child as they do not take into consideration when the mother decides to deny them the right to life (Baker, and Horder, 2013). It is criminal in all due respect for taking away the life of an innocent being who deserves an opportunity to live and be born just as the mother had the chance to survive. The right to life is a constitutional right that is granted to every citizen and punishable by the penal code if infringed on; hence termination should be no …show more content…
The risk of ectopic pregnancy doubles, with an increase in situations of miscarriages and pelvic inflammatory disease. Cases of rape, incest, and other eventualities medical research have provided an opportunity to enable medical practitioners to prevent pregnancy without resorting to abortion that is detrimental to the reproductive health of the mother (Muraskin, and Alleman, 1993).
Life is sacred, but the mother should be afforded the opportunity to make a decision as to whether she will deliver the child or not since they might have cogent reasons for abortion. Abortion is a legal right that should be given to the women to make a decision as by forcing them to give birth to a child against their wishes is a greater evil to their rights (Haugen, 2010). The Constitution is silent on abortion as it neither expressly allows nor denies women an opportunity to abort, hence lives it as a popular choice for the mothers (Campaign for Legal Abortion,