Bioethical Issues On Abortion Analysis

The reading for this week from the book, “Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Bioethical Issues”, discussed the issue of abortion. The topic of abortion has always been a huge ethical discussion in America. The topic of abortion is so important that many of our potential political leader’s futures are based on their position with the issue. One also correlates one’s position of abortion to women’s right and religion. I personally believe that abortion should not be seen as immoral under certain circumstances. The most abundant reason to why someone is against abortion is because they believe that abortion is murder. For instance, one may argue, “…If I was once a fetus, then it would have been wrong to kill that fetus, under exactly the same circumstances

The same phrase goes along with abortion. One should not be obligated to carry on with a pregnancy when a relationship has not yet been developed. The development of relationship between a child and mother is when an obligation has been established. A mother should not be obligated to undeveloped genetic cells; harvesting in their body. Fathers have the ability to impregnate someone but overall they are not responsible for development of that child. For example, if a male does not want to be a parent he can simply walk away from the situation without a care; the same idea should be placed with women. In addition, one may suggest a woman not to go through with an abortion and instead put the child up for adoption. For a woman to carry a child for nine months and go through birth will ultimately give that woman a chance to develop a relationship as a parent. At this point, the mother will now have some sense of obligation to the child due to the developed relationship. Another issue with this thought, is that there is not always a guarantee that the child will be adopted, especially if the child has special needs. This will subject that child to the foster care system which; does not have the best

The woman should now be at fault for harming and neglecting that viable child. The major issue with this situation is the wording of the law against this act. As stated by Kaebnick, “A responsible person commits the crime of chemical endangerment of exposing a child to any environment in which he or she does any of the following…permits a child to be exposed to, ingest or inhaler, or to have contact with a controlled substance” (Pg.86 Kaebnick). The question at hand, is if an unborn fetus should be considered a child? No one really understands at which point in pregnancy to draw the cutoff to this law. I personally believe the cut off should be once a fetus enters the second trimester; while, others believe the cut off should be once a fetus is