Abortion Ethics
My subject is abortion, and I am going to take a stand that abortion is always wrong because it is always wrong to intend the death of an innocent person.To intend the death of an innocent person is the same as murder. We all accept the fact that murder is wrong. Therefore, abortion is murder, and thus abortion is wrong. If abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother, then abortion in this case is morally right because you will not be intending the death of an innocent person. You will be, in fact, intending the death of a "guilty" person. That is, a person guilty of endangering this life of another. In this case, the abortion would be considered self-defense which is acceptable even in "murder" cases. It will not be murder, it would be self-defense.
Those who argue that when a woman is raped, then she has the right to an abortion, are also wrong in their argument. It is still wrong to intentionally kill another person no matter how that person was conceived. If one does argue that abortion is morally right under these conditions, then he must also argue that if one who is conceived in a rape is allowed to be born, then his life can be taken at any time. This, we all agree, would be murder. Murder is wrong, therefore abortion under these circumstances is wrong. Arguments that say the rights of the pregnant woman override the "partial" rights of the zygote, embryo, or fetus are not valid. The zygote, embryo, or fetus is a full person, not a partial person. And no person's rights override any other person's rights.
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Approximate Word count = 520
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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