IS LEGALIZING ABORTION MORALLY ACCEPTABLE.
There are myriads of reasons a person may want to
consciously exterminate a baby that is already developing in the womb. First on
a medical basis. Abortion can be medically proscribed by a health professional
on account of the safety of the mother. In this unique cases the development
and maturity of the foetus poses a greater risk to the mother than the risk of
doing away with the foetus. In other cases the retention of the baby may apart
from being risky to the mother be of no value. The health professional might be
convinced that the baby has zero chances of living and that it will ultimately
die before birth consequently terminating the pregnancy.
Similarly a mother may wish to do away with the foetus on
her own grounds since she has the right of choice on her own body. The medical
practitioner might find it necessary to assist her abort the baby. This can be
due to several reasons. For instance if the mother had conceived under unconsented
intercourse or just against her own will and she feels not ready to proceed
with the pregnancy. Abortion therefore can be due to medical safety, emotional
stability or for psychological freedom.
On a second hand, abortion can never be right since the yet
to be aborted feautus is innocent in the light of all rationalization of
abortion. After conception the fertilized ova principally becomes a separate
viable entity from the mother. It is no longer part and parcel of the cellular
organization that forms the mother. On the contrary the mother of the featus is
now only a host shelter to provide the feautus with the necessary nourishment
The embryo henceforth assumes the inherent inalienable
rights to life, the method of conception or its parents not-withstanding. The
rights which are not transferrable or conferred. It follows that the mother
cannot by any means acquire a moral standing to decide whether the baby should
live or not. Due to this inalienable natural right to life, abortion based on
non-readiness to assume responsibility, financial unpreparedness or even such
reasons as relationship issues or other socio-economic reasons are not
justifiable.
Besides, abortion as a procedure, if it were to be legalized
then there would be an escalation of unprofessionally conducted abortions. The
child murderers would infer license from the permission contemplated in its
legality. Consequently such abortions and those performed with genuine medical
practitioners could result to adverse effects on the health of the mother and
even tragically end in death.
On a moral stand point abortion seems more immoral than
moral. Despite the truth that even
abortion apart from other necessary evils can sometimes be acceptable and justified especially on a medical front,
for instance the mother might be a
juvenile without the natural ability to carry the pregnancy. Perhaps the
pregnancy itself poses a more greater risk to the health of the mother than
exterminating it
The morality in accepting legalization of abortion is
therefore pegged on the norminal merits of engaging in that act of abortion. It
is almost true that most abortions are not justified since they are not done on
medical grounds but to satisfy the selfish wishes of the pregnancy bearer. But
for the medically and health risk approved abortions , legalization of abortion
is morally acceptable
Last but not least, abortion goes against the dictates of nature.
This makes it morally wrong, but normally man has the power to create
sustainability of life and improve on nature by curtailing natures detrimental
effects. This way mothers cannot be captives of nature itself. Since abortion
is a necessary evil it is morally right to say legalization of abortion is
morally acceptable.
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