Case Study Fetal Abnormality Assignment

Running head: CASE STUDY: FETAL ABNORMALITY
CASE STUDY: FETAL ABNORMALITY
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CASE STUDY: FETAL ABNORMALITY
Fetal abnormality is demarcated as the genetic defect or the physical defect that has been
detected in the fetus, which can lead to complications in the pregnancy of the individual (Greiner
& Conklin, 2015).According to the medical science, if the fetus has been detected with
abnormality, abortion should be done to avoid any further complications or the extra burden that
can be imposed due to children. However according to the Christian view, abortion is considered
as an illegal practice and is remarked as killing or murder. As according to the Christianity,
humans are created by god and hence pose a strong spiritual and physical connection with the
god and killing or aborting a fetus violates the connection between the human and the god.
Therefore human beings created by god and are considered as the image of the god and hence,
are fundamentally worthless and should be respected (Stensvold, 2015).
Moral status of the human being is demarcated as the concept which deals with the
values, beliefs and ethics of the individual and due to this only they are provided with special
regard. It is compatible with the hermeneutical model which states that human being is the breath
of the god and is assumed as the image of the god and should be respected.
According to the case study, the fetus has been detected with abnormality. Every
individual involved in the case study has different view regarding the abortion of the fetus. There
are four characters associated with the case study, which are Marco, Maria, Dr Wilson and
Jessica. The whole case study is mainly associated with the contrasting perspective of the entire
four individual (Habermas, 2018).
The moral status of the Jessica is influenced by theory of the feminism. According to the
theory, an individual holds the whole right to take any decision related to the fetus, however in
this case, Jessica is confused. Jessica do not wants to abort the child due to the emotional