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Ethical Arguments Against Abortion

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Abortion is the disruption of a pregnancy and it is performed in the early stages of pregnancy, usually up to 24 weeks of conception as before that the embryo is still forming and cannot survive on its own. There are many reasons where a woman would choose to have an abortion and the overall idea causes conflicts between people and between different cultures as to whether it is ethical or unethical to take the life of a fetus or an embryo even if it is not properly formed yet.
Nowadays, where medicine and technology have become more advanced, one of the reasons that a woman would consider having an abortion is if she finds out that the baby would be born with genetic disabilities. Many conflicts arise from this as to whether the embryo should …show more content…

Many believe that a person with disabilities has equal rights with someone without disabilities. And they believe this for unborn embryos as well. They claim that if you treat embryos with disabilities differently then you don’t respect people with disabilities equally.

ii. Some cultures believe that life starts for the time of conception. "Catholics believe that the embryo is a human life from the moment of conception and hence deserves protection and respect’’ (Noor & Sivaraman, 2015). “..make use of stem cells from adults…in order to respect the dignity of every human being even at the embryonic stage” (Paul, 2000). iii. Abortion can be dangerous and risky for the mother. “Among women who had been pregnant at least once, the risk of breast cancer in those with a prior induced abortion was 20% higher than that in women with no history of abortion”. (Gammon et al., 1996)

iv. The mother should accept the responsibility of her actions. Since she was not using any precautions to avoid an unwanted pregnancy she should not have an abortion even if the embryo will be born with disabilities. (Responsible people have to make hard choices sometimes. “Timing may seem bad, and circumstances might be difficult. But this does not justify killing an innocent person. Choosing to raise a child is responsible.” (Brown,

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