abortion
Throughout the semester in Medical Ethics and Critical Thinking, there were many topics that have been discussed. Every topic affects each individual differently. With each topic, you are either for it or against it, or even have mixed feelings about both sides. Whatever the case may be, there is one topic that every individual feels strong about.
So the question is what topic affected me the most? When I go back and think about each topic that has been involved in this class, abortion is one topic that is the most important to me, as well as affects me the most. It is probably one of the most controversial topics that affect many young women throughout the world every day.
There are many positions that one may choose to take in each topic. No matter what that position may be, there is no wrong or right answer. Positions are not just based upon facts, but rather feelings and emotions.
So the next question is, what position have I decided to take in this sensitive subject? Well, to begin, this is one subject that I have mixed feelings about. The first position that I have decided to take it is being against abortion.
Abortion is not just a topic that requires a decision and it is over. It has many ethical issues that go along with it. One issue includes, when is a person considered a person? Kenneth Edelin argues; although a fetus is a human, it does not meet certain criteria of personhood; and since a fetus is not a person, it does not have a right to life.
In my opinion, a fetus is a human at the point of conception. Maybe it doesn't meet certain criteria of a personhood, although when you take a moment to think about it, it would be a new born child nearly eight months later. In other words, personhood at conception is a religious belief, not a provable biological fact. It is said that personhood is linked with viability, which is the ability to survive as an independent entity (Edelin). The next question that arises...
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