It’s very likely, in one’s lifetime, a person will question their own existence, what it means to be alive, and what consciousness might be. These are among the struggles of the human mind to understand itself. We find ourselves in a varying world of class, opinions, battlefields, and differences. This diversity requires us to make decisions in society that are based on the most fundamental modes of knowledge and just decision-making. Among these decisions is the issue of abortion? In 1969 Roe v. Wade was introduced the Supreme Court decision that guarantees women the right to get an abortion. Society since has differentiated in the topic, considering it inhumane and morally wrong to abort a baby, in the view that everyone deserves “the right to live”, the procedure can be dangerous, and financial instability. . Although those pro-abortion consider rape victims and situations concerning medical emergencies or complications with the baby. The question of whether a woman is allowed to get an abortion because it’s her body plays a major part in the argument as well as is a fetus considered a human even before birth? For a long time now, abortion has been a topic of great controversy because of its moral implications. Is it a question of right and wrong or does it go deeper? We follow codes of ethics in order to create a smooth and functioning society. …show more content…
Sometimes there are obvious rewards that come with a positive approach to something, however, sometimes we come across issues that seem to fall in-between the realm of our complete understanding; something that seems to be askew of the clear cut lines of day and night. Case in point being abortion; a decision to terminate a pregnancy.
Let’s explore the pros and cons of this procedure so that we may come to an understanding of the topic and make further analyzations from there. The decision of abortion is most likely a decision made with good intention so to stabilize someone or some people, couples, families, etc… But some people don’t seem to completely agree that it’s benevolent and I think that’s where some problems begin to arise. Religion has brought massive amounts of attention to abortion because of the belief of the existence of a soul and the implications of a newly developing human being. Not only that, but in most religions, it is forbidden to end the life of another person. Now to look more into this, we are talking about a seed growing. At which point does that seed transform into a consciousness, or even more, a person? What constitutes a person? According to Mary Anne Warren, “Consciousness, reasoning, self-motivated activity, the capacity to communicate, and the presence of self-concepts” are five traits of personhood. Which brings up the question of “How far advanced since conception, does a human being need to be before it begins to have a right to life by virtue not of being fully a person as of yet, but of being life a person?”. Essentially it is argued whether the fetus is considered to already be a human, and those pro-abortion consider abortion as a decision of the mother and her body. Those pro-abortion also argue cases such as medical emergencies in which the mother’s life is in danger, or rape victims. Rape victims who conceive while their traumatizing experience, opt to abort due …show more content…
This rocky past of legality probably perpetuates the notion of it being a very morally wrong thing to do in the minds of people. Because, not only does someone making the decision have the question of whether or not he or she is ending a life, but also has potential legal repercussions to deal with. Abortion can fall into the breaking of a law that constitutes the right, made by humans, to a fair and just reality as a being. Does this take precedence over the already-living and developed mother? What is to become of the child’s life? Technically a fetus is physically connected up until the moment of birth, we can see this with the umbilical cord, connecting mother and babe. So arises these questions of ethics in law, religion, and general society. As we find negative connotations, so too, can we discover pros about ending a pregnancy. With simple observations, one can begin to understand the implications and possible repercussions of a world without the choice to abort; a world that is ever-growing in