Is Abortion Morally Wrong

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In defending, “If having an abortion fails to support or nurture virtue(s), then having an abortion is morally wrong.” I would state this to be true because we as humans are raised to reproduce and nurture our children. We are also raised on the premise that it is morally wrong to deny the life of an unborn fetus or child. Virtue ethics states as quoted by Aristotle in our reading, “How does one acquire virtue? Aristotle’s answer is that we acquire it by habit; one becomes good by doing good.” (Aristotle 135) This quote applies to this premise because by being birthed and raised by a mother, one is taught the virtue of conception and nurture in society. If one fails to comply to this virtue, that would be considered morally wrong.

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