Fetal Abnormality: Medical Science vs Christianity

Running head: FETAL ABNORMALITY
FETAL ABNORMALITY
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FETAL ABNORMALITY
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Fetal abnormality is a medical term which is demarcated as the fetus who has been
detected with any disorder. Such fetus should be aborted according to the medical science
(Greiner & Conklin, 2015). However, according to the Christianity, each and every human being
has been created by the god and no one has the right to kill a human. According to the
Christianity, the abortion is considered as murder which is against the dignity of the human as
they are spiritually and physically connected to the god (Fromm & Anderson, 2017). The case
study involves around four main individual which includes, Dr Wilson, Maria, Marco and
Jessica. Each and every individual has different perspective regarding the abortion of the fetus.
According to Dr Wilson, Jessica should abort the child as the child has been detected
with fetal abnormality. If the child would not be aborted, it can lead to extra burden on the family
in terms of care and cost. The approach of Dr. Wilson is based on the scientific approach as if the
fetus with abnormality is born, its life expectancy will be lower as compared to the normal child.
The decision of the Dr Wilson is based on the moral status of the virtue ethics theory. In the
virtue ethics theory, there are twelve virtues of moral and also laid highlight on the abortion
(Prior, 2016). According to the theory given by Aristotle, abortion is considered as the
conquering action if it has been conducted for a genuine reason and needs a lot of courage which
aims to avoid the future harm.
Also, there is another person, which is Aunt Maria. Aunt Maria is their property-owner as
well as their concierge, she is the one who wants that Jessica should give birth to the baby,
regardless of the conditions and consequences that may take place. She has a theory which she
believes in and it is grounded on the “Right to live” theory. According to the theory of “Right to
live”, the foetus when recognized as an individual and has been provided with personhood,
terminating or aborting the fetus will be stated as assassination and the person will be punished