Abortion: A Debate Between Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Arguments

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ABORTION
Abortion raises much discussion in the sphere of public policy making and has been one
of the topics of public debate for a while. While many moral philosophers have taken up this
issue and framed in it their own perspective, few have framed it as a matter of individual ethics.
Abortion is illegal in many countries and there are several debates on it. Approximately 25 per
cent of the global population lives in countries that have high restrictive abortion laws where
most of it is from Latin America, Africa and Asia (Hoggart 366). In the same discourse, the
paper will discuss abortion and the debate between pro-life and pro-choice arguments and be in
support of pro-life. The paper will make use of two ethnic philosophies in order to support the
perspective of this paper.
Abortion is when a pregnancy is ended in order to stop the birth of a child. It can be
unplanned or unwanted which, and therefore it is stopped either through medical abortion or
surgical abortion. Although it is appropriate to support pro-choice decisions, it is not appropriate
to take away life or kill any being. Abortion is the killing of someone who is innocent and has no
part in the background story of reasons that brings it on earth (Ganatra et al. 155). Life begins at
conception, and when the baby is killed during its stage as a fetus, it violates the right to life of
the fetus. Although the fetus represents an underdeveloped life, it cannot be denied that it is not a

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life. Therefore, like any other living human being, it is sacred and deserves protection. According
to some opinions, it is the taking of an underdeveloped life, and it is equivalent to involuntary
manslaughter. There is no single moment outside of conception that can mark the beginning of
human life (Powell 83). As the doctors state, it can be assumed that as soon as unique DNA is
formed in a fetus or the moment egg is fertilized by the sperm life begins. The fetus is the same
being that is going to grow up an infant, child and adult. Therefore, on an ethical level, it can be
interpreted that the fetus deserves the same protection as any other living human being deserves
(Kaczor 90).
According to Manninen (72), morality is meant to guide human actions. According to
Immanuel Kant, the founder of the categorical imperative suggests the golden rule on morality.
One should act the way one wants other people to act towards all other people. People should act
according to the maxim that an individual wishes all other rational people to follow in a way that
it is a universal law. Therefore, considering the ethical principle, if one woman abortion support
from everyone, every woman should get support for their abortion. This decision will lead to
nothing but a future with no human being probably. The comparative imperative suggests one
should act in such a way with a person that it is possible to present the same act action to
everyone. According to Kant, human dignity stops and even condemns instrumentalization as
well as reduction of a human being to simple means an object (Kohl 334). Hence, human beings
are persons who end in themselves. The principle of human dignity forbids from the usage of
surplus embryos or the creation of new embryos to separate ES cells. Simply by being a member
of humanity creates and preserves the fundamental value of human dignity till death. The basic
idea behind the formulation is that a person only acts morally if his actions would be right for