An Ethical Question of Abortion
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, …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 …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
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, …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 …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