The Unborn

reading more into the short story, the hills take on a different meaning. At first, the hills are just a pretty view from the bar of a train station, but throughout the story their meaning becomes a metaphror form the couple's decision on keeping their unborn child or getting an abortion. She portrays the hills as if they are white elephants which represents the child. Also, she sees the life and death on both sides of the hills mimicking the options for the baby's future. The man says that the…

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…

of a fetus also prove that a new life has begun. At five weeks, the fetus’ tiny heart will start to beat and at 26 weeks, the fetus will be inhaling and exhaling amniotic fluid (Fetal Development Week by Week, 2015, para.4-5) which will prepare the unborn child for its first breath at birth. This development demonstrates that the fetus is developing functional body parts that is the same as a baby out of the womb. Abortions also cause pain to the fetus, whose developing brain cells are able to…

these topics to become such a sensitive topic. Another sensitive topic is abortions. This is the process of a mother terminating her pregnancy through a surgery that causes the unborn fetus to be aborted. Although this is not ideal in a large majority of people, it does happen. Using these cells for research does give the unborn fetus meaning. Instead of deteriorating in a hospital waste container, it is being put to good use for medical discoveries that can only help in the near future and not…

A person’s right to their body has been an issue often debated throughout human history. Some examples of body right struggles include body snatching, organ harvesting, legal kidnapping, and abortion. In a novel by Neal Shusterman entitled Unwind, the repurposing of human teenagers is decided by their parents or legal guardians. Unwind exemplifies how an individual’s “right” to their body is determined by others. Unwind exaggerates and expands the issues society faces today about body right…

dilemma. Some decisions are easier to make than other. How we make our decision is based on our worldview. Throughout this essay, I will be focusing on an ethical dilemma about abortion in a Christian worldview understanding, when being told your unborn child has Down syndrome. 1. Ethical Dilemma Susan and her significant other have tried for years to have a child. After finally get pregnant, blood work indicated that the child has Down syndrome. Instead of being able to be happy about the…

There is no clear decision as to when an unborn child has its own rights. Some Mothers do not find out they are pregnant until the fourth or fifth week of pregnancy. Then, there is the matter of letting the Father know, but what if there is no “father”? That is where there are issues whether to abort or not. The Mother has to decide if she is physically and financially stable to raise a child. If it is a teen pregnancy, there is the matter of school, working, money, but most importantly,…

religions and undermines the basic principles of responsibility. Many women turn to abortion as a way of terminating an unwanted pregnancy, and use it as a contraceptive rather than through responsible use of pregnancy protection. As a result, an unborn baby has its life stripped from it, and the effects on the mother can be devastating. Medical abortions and surgical abortions can both result in similar physical side effects, including…

attitude is further demonstrated by his remark, “But I know it’s perfectly simple.” (331) restating his desire to go forward with the operation. At no point in the story does the American show any true and lasting compassion toward the girl or the unborn child. His only concern is for himself and the continuation of his carefree lifestyle. In the end he remains unchanged by the circumstances life threw at him. However in the story, “Cathedral”, the narrator displays egocentric personality…

child, there need to be born not in a womb. A fetus does not count as a child. Given that reason, would it reasonable to send a person to prison if they had a miscarriage? A Minimally Decent Samaritan would not let a mother die to save the life of a unborn child given that she has other children that she need her…