What would you do if you were faced with a situation that can end one of two ways, life or death? Would you go the ethical route, the route that goes against what you believe, or the route that some people would consider murder? Having an abortion can be a strong decision to make and can affect you for the rest of your life. Abortions play a large role in the ethical world and affects the worldviews of many people and countries. Here we have Susan who is battling with herself on what’s the best decision for her and her unborn child that was just diagnosed with Down-syndrome.
Ethical Dilemma
In this dilemma we have a patient by the name Susan who has been trying for a while to get pregnant. At her latest doctor’s appointment, she found out her …show more content…
An abortion is like murder and in the bible murder is a sin, it is also one of the commandments. In the Bible, God’s commandments consist of ‘Thou shall not kill’ and ‘Love thy neighbor’ amongst many other commands. Abortion would also portray a lack of faith in God and what he could do for a family. As humans, we do not always think of God and his plan first, we tend to think of what’s best for us and forget that he should have the last say so. According to lecture 3 and humanities sinful nature, “The Fall introduced pain into the world − pain in childbirth and pain in work (Gen. 3:16-19)”. God has already punished us with painful childbirth do we really want to kill an unborn child and see what those consequences are, most likely not. God always has a plan and creates us all to be …show more content…
She could either consider Professor Richard’s recommendation to abort the fetus; or she can have the baby and try to take care of it while it is treated for down-syndrome. Susan as a Christian, would have to consider God’s will, His commandments, and the possible consequences when she is deciding to either have an abortion or keep the baby that could be a blessing in disguise. If she does not take on the Christian worldview, she can go on and make her decision based off of whatever matters to her. In the end, the decision is Susan’s and she has to define what is ethical for herself, because she is the one who has to live with this
Ethical Dilemma
In this dilemma we have a patient by the name Susan who has been trying for a while to get pregnant. At her latest doctor’s appointment, she found out her …show more content…
An abortion is like murder and in the bible murder is a sin, it is also one of the commandments. In the Bible, God’s commandments consist of ‘Thou shall not kill’ and ‘Love thy neighbor’ amongst many other commands. Abortion would also portray a lack of faith in God and what he could do for a family. As humans, we do not always think of God and his plan first, we tend to think of what’s best for us and forget that he should have the last say so. According to lecture 3 and humanities sinful nature, “The Fall introduced pain into the world − pain in childbirth and pain in work (Gen. 3:16-19)”. God has already punished us with painful childbirth do we really want to kill an unborn child and see what those consequences are, most likely not. God always has a plan and creates us all to be …show more content…
She could either consider Professor Richard’s recommendation to abort the fetus; or she can have the baby and try to take care of it while it is treated for down-syndrome. Susan as a Christian, would have to consider God’s will, His commandments, and the possible consequences when she is deciding to either have an abortion or keep the baby that could be a blessing in disguise. If she does not take on the Christian worldview, she can go on and make her decision based off of whatever matters to her. In the end, the decision is Susan’s and she has to define what is ethical for herself, because she is the one who has to live with this