abortion ethical issue

8/19/2019 Abortion Ethical Issue

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Ethical THEORY

Abortion


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What is Abortion?

• Abortion is described as the expulsion of the

products of conception before the embryo or

fetus is viable. Any interruption of human

pregnancy prior to the 28th week of gestation

or the delivery of a fetus weighing less than

500 grams is known as abortion.


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Methods Of Conducting Abortions SUCTION (VACUUM

ASPIRATION) ABORTION -The cervix is stretched to allow

passage of a hollow suction tube

with a sharpedged openings

near its tip into the uterus. -!owerful suction force is then

applied" allowing the fetus to be

ripped apart then suctioned out

of the uterus into a collection

container.

-#ost $st trimester abortions in

%orth America and the &nited

'ingdom are done in this manner.


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DILATATION & EVACUATION (D and E) ABORTION

&sed for 2nd trimester abortions" at which point in

fetal development the fetal bones become calcified.


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SALT POISONING ABORTION

&sed after $( weeks" this techni)ue is

employed often in third world nations because

of its cost effectiveness and ease of

administration.

A syringe of a concentrated salt solution is

in*ected into the amniotic fluid via a long needle

through the mother+s abdomen. The fetus then breathes and swallows the hypersalted amniotic

fluid. The fetus struggles and sometimes sei,es

until dead within usually one hour.

The mother typically then delivers a dead fetus

within one to two days. The fetal skin upondelivery" having been chemically burned away"

usually presents as a gla,ed red surface.

This abortion procedure was first developed in

%a,i concentration camps during -orld-ar .


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DILATION and EXTRACTION (D and X); aka

PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION

&sed in well developed 2nd and /rd trimester pregnancies.


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HYSTEROTOMY ABORTION

&sed for late term abortions in rare

instances.dentical to a aesarian 1ection delivery

used to deliver a live baby in the presence of

certain pregnancyfetal complications" except

the ob*ective there is to deliver a dead fetus.The live fetus is first terminated while still in

the mother+s womb" such as by cutting of the

umbilical cord.

3nce the fetus is dead" the fetus is then

physically lifted out of the mother+s womb and

the abortion is completed.


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PROSTOGLANDIN ABORTION

&sed to abort mid and later term pregnancies. The hormone is

administered to the pregnant woman into the amniotic fluid or by

vaginal suppositories. t induces violent premature labor

contractions" thus expelling the fetus which usually dies in the

process of delivery. 4rugs lethal to the fetus are often in*ected into

the amniotic fluid" to assure fetal death before delivery.

INDUCED LABOUR (LIVE BIRTH ABORTION

!remature delivery of a commonly midterm fetus is induced via

various means" the ob*ective being to deliver a premature baby that

is not capable of surviving outside the uterus.

-hen such abortions typically produce the complication of live

birth" the now delivered living baby is provided only 6comfort

care6 wrapping the infant in a blanket and denied all medical

and nursing care. 1uch infants can linger for hours before dying of

6natural causes.7


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Abortion in thePhilippines

• There is no law in the Philippines thatexpressly authorizes abortions in order tosave the woman's life; and the generalprovisions which do penalize abortion

make no qualications if the woman's lifeis endangered

• !rticle "" of the #$%& Philippineonstitution says( in part( )*ection #+ The*tate recognizes the sanctity of family lifeand shall protect and strengthen thefamily as a basic autonomous social

institution) It shall equally protect the


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RELIGION & ABORION

C!RI"IANI#

hristians believe that life begins at the instant of conception.

Therefore" abortion is murder and is prohibited by the Ten

ommandments. 9xodus 20:$/

I"LAMA notable verse from the ;ur+an reads: 64o not kill your children

for fear of poverty: we shall provide sustenance for them as well as

for you.


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Ethica heor'

• The moral and legal issues raised by the practice of

abortion has tested the philosophers" theologians" and

statesmen of every age since the dawn of civili,ation.

• The "toics? belief that abortion should be allowed up

to the moment of birth was vigorously opposed by

the ('thagoreans who believed that the soul was

infused into the body at conception and that to abort

a fetus would be to commit murder.


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Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice

• Pro Life Abortion – To say that someone is )pro,life) is to say

that the person believes that the

government has an obligation topreserve all human life( regardless ofintent( viability( or quality,of,lifeconcerns

• Pro Choice Abortion – To be )pro,choice) on abortion is to

believe that individuals have unlimited

autonomy with respect to their own


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Jeremy entham!sPerspective on Abortion

• !n abortion( according to -entham.sview( might be permissible underspecic circumstances/ – mother does not have enough nancial

resources to support the growth of thisfuture child

–

mother knows that the fetus will be bornwith physical disability

!bortion is allowed for the reason ofachieving a balance of pleasure overain


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"mman#el $ant!sPerspective on Abortion

• 0ant would believe that an abortion ismorally incorrect because it is not rightto kill a person and it is considered as a

murder under any circumstances• 0ant believes that a fetus is a human

person because it has a soul

• 1ven if the pregnant woman was rapedand she cannot a2ord to raise this child(she cannot have an abortion in terms of

0ant.s perspective on the moral worth


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J.%. &ill!s Perspective onAbortion

•

3n the topic of abortion rule wouldstate that any type of killing is bad soin no way can abortion be morallyright -ut since he feels thatsomeone.s liberty is important( thenpeople should be able to decide forthemselves what they do with their

body• 4ill believes that one should take care

of individual happiness rst because

in turn that will result in the


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J. Thomson!s Perspective onAbortion

• The rst is a woman.s right to self-defence( in which the mother mayend the life of the fetus if it threatens

her own• The second is the woman.s right of

ownership of her own body "t is her

body( in the same way that we mightsay it is her house or it is her life; shehas priority when it comes to makingdecisions over her own body so shecan remove the fetus whenever she

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