Fetus

understanding the reactants of a fetus because we can’t communicate with an unborn child. A mother’s decision on how to eat or act can have different outcomes in different mothers on how it affects the fetus.…

the gender of the fetus until 30 weeks of pregnancy has been reached. The gender of a fetus is medically irrelevant information , except in rare cases, that should not influence whether or not a mother should pursue an abortion. Withholding the gender of the child for 30 weeks is a reasonable compromise, leaving the parents enough time to prepare. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia states that it is unethical for Physicians to identify the gender of the fetus to cater to…

Why is abortions opposed by some people? Abortions is opposed by some because some think that abortions is murder, fetus feels pain while the procedure is being done and for, and abortions is killing of a human being which defies the word of god. These reasons are examples of how some people feel about abortions and why they shouldn’t exist . Abortions is a murder because it says “The killing of a human being is wrong, even if the baby is unborn” (Procon.org). This is an opinion of an…

should not be forced to carry a fetus to term and then potentially care for a child for the next 18+ years when they do not feel financially, emotionally, or mentally prepared for the responsibility of raising a child. This also will ensure that a child does not grow up hungry, poor, or abused because his or her mother was not equipped to raise him or her. Also, abortion allows women who have discovered that their unborn child has a fatal disease to not have to carry a fetus to term that will…

placenta and is absorbed by the fetus. Drinking before finding out that they are pregnant still harms the fetus. Approximately 40,000 children each year are born with fetal alcohol syndrome. Statistics verify that 1 in 9 women report excessive drinking of alcohol during their first trimester of pregnancy. Children born with fetal alcohol syndrome are generally born from woman between the age of 18-44. There is an excessive amount of symptoms that affect each fetus in different ways. The more…

The potential dangers of prenatal maternal stress and its effects on the fetus is a continuous question being asked of expectant mothers. Can external psychological or physical stressors negatively impact a developing fetus? Janet DiPietro looks at research done on a variety of animal subjects to determine what, if any, impact stress can have on fetuses, including those of humans. However, can research performed on animal subjects be applied to humans? One of DiPietro (2000) initial statements…

what to do. Will you keep the baby? Put him or her up for adoption? Or, will you abort the fetus? Abortion is one of the leading controversial social justice topics people face. Each person has their own opinions and beliefs about abortion. When people have an opinion on abortion, they usually strongly agree with one side of the pro-life/ pro-choice debate. Abortion is defined as “the expulsion of a fetus from the uterus before it has reached the stage of viability, about 20 weeks in…

point in which a person should begin to be considered a person. She then gives an example of an oak tree and how it is not called an oak tree at the beginning, but goes through stages to become an oak tree. Nevertheless, Thomson does agree that a fetus becomes a person at some point before it’s born, even though there is no indication to when this occurs. However, if fetuses were considered people right at conception, Thomson claims that abortions wouldn’t be permitted.…

life must be protected; not killed while still in the womb. “The fetus has no moral status, it is not morally wrong to destroy something that has no moral status.” (Chaloner, Page 45). Chaloner brings up a common claim that supports abortion. Chaloner states that many support abortion because the fetus cannot show feelings, emotions or object to anything being done to it. A common argument that supports abortion is the idea that the fetus cannot exist outside of the womb. It is true that the…

receive an abortion, some women may never get an abortion, and are forced to give birth to their baby just to give it away. Many women are so desperate for an abortion that they will even try to poison or starve themselves in order to try to kill the fetus. "In order to see her, I need to put her to sleep. And in order to do that, I need a nurse anesthetist. And because of this crazy law, it is impossible to find people to work for us," Sadler said. "She 's 13 years old. And she is a victim of…