Abortion - Is it Immoral?

This is a hotly debated topic and this topic was also discussed during one of my "Thinking" lessons. We shared our views on how we felt about this topic and in this blog post, I am going to share my views about this topic. I would talk about the pros and cons of abortion.

There are pros of abortion and one of it is that, if a child has a high chance of contracting a disease, for example, aids, it would be the right thing to do to abort the birth of the child as if it was to be conceived, the child would suffer with that particular disease. Another situation whereby abortion is alright is when a child suffers from some disabilities such as mentally or physically, like loosing a limb. This would cause them to have a social stigma when born and they cannot live a full life. Another circumstance is that if conceiving the child would put the mother's life in danger, aborting the child would be an option to save a life.

However, one of the objection to the child having a mental illness and suffering after being born, is that the child might not even know that it has the disease and would thing that everything in his daily life is normal, even when being bullied or mocked by other children.

There are also cons of abortion and one of it is that, it is immoral as it is depriving the child to have a chance to live. A child might be aborted for some reasons like the parents not having enough money to raise and give the child a good life. Furthermore, depriving a child the right to live is immoral and the child could be put up for adoptions after being born.

However, an objection to that point is that the child might have some disabilities like having a missing limb and the child would not be able to enjoy a happy childhood and is unable to live a full life. Thus, abortion might be considered to prevent the sufferings the child would experience after being born.

In conclusion, I feel that abortion is immoral in certain circumstances such as when the life of the mother is in danger. I feel that abortion is a matter not to be lightly taken as it determines whether a child gets to live. Thus, I am alright with abortion but to a certain extent.

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