abortions

Abortions

Abstract

Abortions have caused major ethical disputes over recent decades. Many topics circulating these disputes include the psychological effects of abortions, whether it is right to terminate an embryo, the concept of personhood and whether or not abortions should be illegal. These are just a handful of questions debated about- as a community, and more importantly, as an individual. Abortions can be seen as a moral, psychological and epidemiological problem (just to name a few) however, many women choose abortions because of medical reasons or for their own personal reasons.


Abortions can be defined as the termination of in utero foetal life after conception and before birth. (Encyclopaedia of Ethics, 2nd Ed.) An abortion can happen naturally (i.e. miscarriage) or it can be induced (i.e. deliberately) for most people, abortions are usually referred to as the deliberate termination of a foetal.
Abortions are usually performed during the first twelve ...