One of the most widely talked about and most controversial topics in the United States today is abortion. Abortion is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy” (Fowler). In 2005 the United states alone was averaging approximately 1.21 million abortions a year (Abortion Facts). That means that from 2005-2015 approximately 12.1 million fetuses were terminated in the United States. Groups in the United States who are pro-life (anti-abortion) have been taking a stand and have been shutting down abortion clinics all over the United States. If pro-life groups continue to push for abortion clinics to be shut down the number of terminated fetuses can and will be greatly reduced.
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When we look at these situations we should view them as Immanuel Kant would, situations where we ought to do something, there is no moral right or wrong. If a mother’s life is on the line her potential future values are at risk along with the fetuses, therefore making the decision neither morally right or wrong but rather she ought to have an abortion to preserve her own life. Look at rape and apply that the future mother and the fetus both have future value. Having an abortion or choosing not to in this circumstance does not take away the potential value of the future mothers life. From the fetuses’ point of view having the abortion will take away its potential value and future, therefore you ought not take the life of the fetus via …show more content…
No, when we kill a fetus we are taking away its right to a potential life. In the article A Defense of Abortion it states that it is “vastly more common” for a woman to get an abortion “for some less weighty reason than preserving her own life” (Thompson). If abortions were only tolerated in the cases where a woman was trying to preserve her own life the number of 12.1 million terminated fetuses would greatly drop. As a pro-life group the push for abortion clinics to be shut down should be pursued. A fetus with a potential for life, goals, wants, and needs deserves the chance to live. Taking away that fetuses potential through abortion for no permissible reason is murdered and should not be
Pro-choice groups will state …show more content…
When we look at these situations we should view them as Immanuel Kant would, situations where we ought to do something, there is no moral right or wrong. If a mother’s life is on the line her potential future values are at risk along with the fetuses, therefore making the decision neither morally right or wrong but rather she ought to have an abortion to preserve her own life. Look at rape and apply that the future mother and the fetus both have future value. Having an abortion or choosing not to in this circumstance does not take away the potential value of the future mothers life. From the fetuses’ point of view having the abortion will take away its potential value and future, therefore you ought not take the life of the fetus via …show more content…
No, when we kill a fetus we are taking away its right to a potential life. In the article A Defense of Abortion it states that it is “vastly more common” for a woman to get an abortion “for some less weighty reason than preserving her own life” (Thompson). If abortions were only tolerated in the cases where a woman was trying to preserve her own life the number of 12.1 million terminated fetuses would greatly drop. As a pro-life group the push for abortion clinics to be shut down should be pursued. A fetus with a potential for life, goals, wants, and needs deserves the chance to live. Taking away that fetuses potential through abortion for no permissible reason is murdered and should not be