The frequency of abortions carried out in the recent past and currently has been rampant. Abortion is the removal of the foetus before it is viable. It is normally done before the end of the first trimester of the pregnancy. It is either spontaneous or induced where spontaneous is whereby the foetus comes out due to body disturbances and it is involuntary while induced is whereby the woman herself wants he foetus expelled from her womb. in this case we are referring to the induced type (Malcolm 1977 page 12). You might think that people are engaging in it so as to avoid having families at a young age or to have fun and pleasure but you would be surprised to find out that even married women terminate their pregnancies for one or more reasons
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Abortions are risky and could lead to the loss of life or other complications that require at least one person, other than the one going through the procedure, to be aware and up-to-date with everything. For a married couple, I tend to believe that this should be discussed between the two people and a mutual solution should emerge. Philosopher George W. Harris says that even the father of the unborn child has rights that the woman should not infringe at any …show more content…
If pregnancy results from their union, they are both equally responsible for the little creature growing in the womb. Therefore, if the woman wants to terminate the pregnancy she should first talk it out with her husband clearly stating her case and reasons why she ought to go ahead with it. While knowing her thoughts, it is the duty of the man to tell her the disadvantages both from the religious view and from the health view. According to Christianity induced abortion is discouraged with the evidence that it is murder. Murder is against the commandments thus denying the foetus with the right to life is considered to be murder and it is punishable by God. The two will then be able to fathom the way forward while basing their judgments on the book, The Bible. Failure to involve the husband in making the decision may make the woman commit sin by breaking the commandment which might have grave consequences towards the marriage in the long
Abortions are risky and could lead to the loss of life or other complications that require at least one person, other than the one going through the procedure, to be aware and up-to-date with everything. For a married couple, I tend to believe that this should be discussed between the two people and a mutual solution should emerge. Philosopher George W. Harris says that even the father of the unborn child has rights that the woman should not infringe at any …show more content…
If pregnancy results from their union, they are both equally responsible for the little creature growing in the womb. Therefore, if the woman wants to terminate the pregnancy she should first talk it out with her husband clearly stating her case and reasons why she ought to go ahead with it. While knowing her thoughts, it is the duty of the man to tell her the disadvantages both from the religious view and from the health view. According to Christianity induced abortion is discouraged with the evidence that it is murder. Murder is against the commandments thus denying the foetus with the right to life is considered to be murder and it is punishable by God. The two will then be able to fathom the way forward while basing their judgments on the book, The Bible. Failure to involve the husband in making the decision may make the woman commit sin by breaking the commandment which might have grave consequences towards the marriage in the long