Is abortion ethical ?

Kathe H

Yes, I feel it is perfectly ethical. You are desposing of a parasite that can't survive outside the womb. Without an abortion, it is adding another unwanted child to this already overpopulated world.

tcreede

It is murder unless the mother's life is endangered by the pregnancy

coragryph

Ethics are a code of behavior accepted by a culture or profession or group. So, when asking whether any action is ethical, it matters what code of ethics you are following.

Let's take a simple example. Lying. Lying is completely ethical for police, when questioning a suspect. Lying is completely unethical for attorneys, even in the same situation, and potential grounds for disbarment. So, it matters what ethical code is being followed.

As to abortion, the issue comes down to who gets to make the choice -- the government (via law) or the individual. I believe that the individual should always have the final say over what happens within their own body. Others diagree.

For a much longer discussion of abortion in general, and the issues of what is actually the debate, see the link below.

jen

its a medical procedure that should not be banned,its a right of women in this country.perhaps better education could curb unwanted pregnancys,perhaps better parenting could curb unwanted pregnancys also.

NikoleUniQue

i dont think it is right to get an abortion. even though females do it left and right. sometimes when they dont get an abortion, they have the baby then throw it away. there are places where u can leave the babies or jus give it up for adoption. it's better to kno u have a child somewhere, than to kill it.

Proud to be an AMERICAN

I believe it is taking a human life, but we take life in many contexts (war, death penalty, self-defense) when another interest is deemed to outweigh the interest in preserving human life.

I believe abortion for convenience sake is unethical and deeply immoral. But I don't see how we can make it illegal in our culture without turning women into second-class citizens or baby-machines. Not everything that is immoral is illegal.

That's the ugly truth.

monkeydaddy0212

see that question in itself is an ethical question i believe all life should be preserved but i also believe the woman's right to choose i understand that there is other options like adoption but what if it was your mom or sister and she was gang raped would you think she would want to keep or to even carry the thought of what happened for nine months inside her personally i don't think i would be strong enough to go through that NO i do not think it should be used as a birth control oh darn honey i got knocked up lets go to the doctor i don't agree with that but i do believe there are certain reasons that it should be done

hdhoney03

I absolutely do not agree with abortion...but i do agree that it is the womans choice...i dont support it but i dont hold it agaisnt women who choose to go that way. I just wouldnt do it myself.

Alrahcam

Ethics & Morals keep changing from time to time - we have several examples in the history ! Sati was considered to be the custom for severl years !
As of now Abortion is legal in many countries ! In any society Law can't be other than ethical. Thus it is certain that Abortion is also ethical where it is legal !

Believe in Possibilities

Late-term abortions for no good reason are unethical, otherwise it is the would-be-parents' choice, which is a personal moral decision.

It is the woman's choice

senior citizen

People can argue all they want about WHEN a fertilized human egg becomes a human being. Does that happen at the instant of fertilization, the morning after, a week or a month or three months later? Take your choice if you can honestly do so. I think it's a human baby at least by the time that there is a heartbeat and that happens VERY EARLY, and killing a human baby is clearly MURDER. I hope that we agree that murder is not ethical, or this world is in one hell of a shape.

The human heartbeat begins 3 weeks after conception. Brain waves are detected 6 weeks after conception, and the baby's arms and legs begin to move at that time. The child is "viable" (can live outside the womb) 20 weeks after conception. Check me on that. Search "when human heartbeat begins".

it has and always will be a subject of great polarization. No one can say how many cells it takes to make a human. For the same reason that some people hate abortion that is why they hate embryonic stem cell research. It just causes them to ask questions that cant be answered by the bible. because these issues were unimaginable back then. I myself believe that if the fetus could not survive on its own then it can be ethically aborted. But it is not up to me or you to say what a woman should be able to do with her body.

Chris_Knows

It's up to the woman that's getting said abortion. While it may be unethical, is it any more ethical to bring up a kid that the parent's wouldn't want and would most likely live in either poverty or foster homes? What if the lady got pregnant through rape or incest. Should she still have to carry the child? So I support abortion, but more than that, I support contraceptives.

karl k

if you believe that it is part of a women's body then it is. if you think it is its own body no, as even the mother has no right to do what she wants to someone elses body. even pro choice folks usually recognize this and typically choose a time that they believe that it changes from essentially the mothers body to essentially its own. usually around the time that is could viably live on its own. this seems quite arbitrary to me. how can they be sure that it doesnt change a few days before or a few days after. and what about those babies (or adults for that matter) who are not viable even at birth, can they be aborted up until such a time as they are able to live without medical support. some people live happy lives without ever achieving this status. it is a curious kind of faith that the personhood or soul enters the fetus on some medical cue or upon drawing its first breath. it is not science. there was not good science for determining who is who at the time that the somewhat irrelevant roe v wade decision was made. we now have DNA and other advanced methods of legally determining such things. but since this new scientific evidence predictably opposes the beliefs of the pro choicers, reopening the case will be opposed no matter how justified and is unlikely. the new science is not really necesary for determining who is who. i have always thought that you could use a strait pin. poke a bunch of living tissue and whoever says ouch, its theirs.

ohmygodtwins404

I don't think that abortion should be banned, because of health issues or if a person is raped- but I am pro- life and I also feel that it is the woman's choice to do what is right for her. I also feel that a person that has one , should have to go through a screening process in order to have an abortion, and counseling before and after should be reacquired. I will say one thing, if my biological mother had an abortion I wouldn't be here today.

rachee_gal

It shouldn't be banned for the following reasons:

-if a woman is raped

-if a woman is a victim of incest

-in cases of ectopic pregnancies, this is fatal to both mother and fetus if not taken care of

Having said that, having an abortion as a form of birth control is personal opinion. Personally I am against it because there is an option for adoption but it is not my decision. Every woman should have the right to decide what she wants to do.

ecp

I am pro choice. For the simple reason that I do not think that an unborn child should be born into a situation where it is not wanted. People say then that the child should then be placed under adoption. However, the mother carrying the child is under no obligation to take care of herself during the pregnancy. She can smoke, drink, do drugs, and basically destroy any hopes that the baby will have a healthy, normal life. That is my main reason for allowing a woman to choose whether or not she should have the responsibility for creating life.

garrett w

It should be there choice, I would not let my girlfriend do it. I believe in it because there are people less fortunate than you or I or my Girlfriend. The kids who have poor parenting or parents that beat them or would beat them. Parents, relatives or friends of family that abuse them. I don't think it is anyone else's business but there's. It is there life. I'm sure there would and are people that abuse this right. I think they are morally and ethically wrong people. It's just like I heard a comedian say once, "If men were the ones that had kids you would be able to get abortions at the local vending machine." I truly believe that the conservative right wing leaders would have it legal in a heart beat if roles were reversed. Women do not have the equal rights they think they do and need to fight back. If you force someone to have a baby that they don't want because they don't have the fathers support, there parents support or any other support, don't you think there will be some resentment and unfair treatment towards that child. This is when neglect takes place, more kids in trouble with gangs, drugs or somewhere else where they can feel like they belong.

Bluealt

Abortion is a very personal decision. It's a woman's own body. It's ultimately her own decision. No one else's. In the US it's her legal right to choose it or not.'

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