Abortion is described as a deliberate termination of a human pregnancy before its eventual maturity to term

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Abortion is described as a deliberate termination of a human pregnancy before its eventual maturity to term. A greater debate has arisen on what the moral standpoint on abortion should be with a divide on one side to make it pro-choice for only the mother to decide and another side greatly determined on a pro-life kind of situation that advocates that life should never be another human beings option to take regardless of the circumstances the mother got pregnant through.

Balkin, J. M. (2007). Abortion and original meaning. Const. Comment., 24, 291.

According to this article, the author gives us a brief example of John hart Ely’s remark that stated that if a principle that is used to justify a constitutional right lacks a connection with any constitutional value then it, in turn, is not a principle and thus the court has no right imposing it. The argument imposed here is that the founding father`s document in no way meant to protect any form of abortion rights or right of privacy and thus any supporters of abortion rights have set themselves apart from the constitution and the governing document of the country.

The document in question strikes a portrayal in that abortion is immoral and a un unjustifiable act in which no moral equivalence for its justification exists. It uses a preexisting argument to show us this by justifying that no law at all supports the termination of a child.

Sheldon, S. (1997). Beyond control: Medical power and abortion law.

This law takes into account that society as a whole has recognized abortion as a primarily medical issue and thus the author looks into the historical cause and effect of the medicalization of abortion with a key focus on how the law has played in this process. By setting his sight in past British law that pertains to abortion the author looks for any resemblance of past laws to current laws of abortion in the 21st century.

The concluding remark is how the advancement in medical technology in the 21st century has created a good enough atmosphere to easily allow for practices such as abortion to occur. This rise in technology begs an idea on how we should look at abortion today as compared to abortion in the past century in which such advancements were nonexistent.

Boonin, D. (2003). A defense of abortion. Cambridge University Press.

In this book, the author acknowledges just how hard the conversation of abortion is. The key reason as to why this conversation is hard is because of just how difficult it is to understand the various relationships in place, case in point is the one between the fetus and the mother and one between the fetus and normal individuals. This is considered an avoidable debate on who in general is right and who is more logically moral but the author sees this as a false way to look at the situation.

In the author’s frame, it is not possible to debate this issue rationally since they all share a given view from their perspective on the issue, their opposite viewpoint of the world will in no way allow them to see the issue from one point view.

Marquis, D. (1989). Why abortion is immoral. The Journal of Philosophy, 86(4), 183-202.

This essay in general calls into question the morality associated with letting the act of abortion continue by undermining the belief anti-abortion position is an irrational religious dogma or conclusion of an otherwise confused philosophical argument. The author`s argument centers on the fact that the act of abortion is equal to killing a human being based on logical arguments drawn not from his point of view but also from other authors’ points of view such as Joel Feinberg and Mary Anne Warren. The essay in detail does not in any way look into the various cases that may lead to the pregnancy of an individual such as rape or in incidences in which the life of the mother might be threatened its main goal was to develop an argument for the claim that the overwhelming majority of deliberate abortions are seriously immoral.

The author concludes that there is no moral reasoning for the taking of life even if it’s a fetus and that morality and life should be held above all else.

Luker, K. (1985). Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood. University of California Press.

The author here draws on past data from more than twenty or so years of public documents and newspaper accounts as well as interviews with people from both parts of the aisle on the pro-life side and pro-choice side. Her final concluding remarks is that the moral position on abortion is tied to views on care of children, technology, family, and sexual behavior.

Drawing on the author’s conclusion we finally see that abortion is s debate that draws its conclusion from different fields. By gathering different groups to contest their opinion we see that the issue is not clearly understood and that different people draw a different viewpoint on abortion based on the various moral positions they wish to protect.

Warren, M. A. (1973). On the moral and legal status of abortion. The Monist, 57(1), 43-61.

The author of this book generally concerns herself with the moral status of abortion which she describes as pregnancy termination and the legal status that is appropriate to allow for such an act. The author argues that there is not any satisfactory defense for a woman`s right to obtain an abortion without showing that the fetus is not a human being and thus concludes that the difficulties involved in determining whether or not a fetus is human to make it impossible to produce a satisfactory solution to the problem of morality. Taking into account the logic in place that ascertains that the fetus is not a person the author implies that it is thus not an entity that can be granted full moral rights.

Although the author draws a moral status to abortion a legal definition is not implied because in her opinion the logic standpoint is only understood if everyone can agree that a fetus is not necessarily a human being.

Sanger, C. (2018). About abortion. Harvard University Press.

Understanding fully well that abortion is a contentious issue in America the author laments on just how politicized that something so private to an individual could be seen as an act of selfishness in which a woman puts their self-interest above those of the fetus. The author highlights the difference between abortion privacy and abortion secrecy to greatly show the level of hostility and stigma that has silenced other women`s ability to talk about abortion in an otherwise distorted political setting that in no way benefits the woman. By uncovering new connections between abortion law and American culture and politics the author takes the prejudicial view of women`s abortion decisions into a new light about current times.

The book shows that only by talking and discussing the topic of abortion especially amongst women can there be greater transparency and acceptance to ensure that prospective mothers will be treated more like adults making their own significant personal life choices as it relates to them as individuals.

Brodie, J. M., Gavigan, S. A., & Jenson, J. (1992). The politics of abortion. Oxford University Press.

This work looks through the integration of new political, constitutional, and legislative viewpoints on the abortion issue by clearly looking into the evolution of abortion policy in Canada. The book analyzes the abortion saga in Canada to debate new legislation in 1990.

By taking into account Canada as a case study we see how a country like America or Ireland may be affected greatly by their abortion laws. A clear means of understanding how to go about abortion laws is required by any major country and only by acquiring data a looking into the political laws can we at least achieve this.

Adler, N. E., David, H. P., Major, B. N., Roth, S. H., Russo, N. F., & Wyatt, G. E. (1992). Psychological factors in abortion: A review. American Psychologist, 47(10), 1194.

This article notes down the involvement of various organizations such as the APA and thus gives us a panel conclusion of evidence that abortion is not likely to be followed by severe psychological responses and that psychological aspects are best understood within a framework of stress and coping rather than a model of psychology. It implies that there are more negative responses following abortion than previously known.

Although abortion is a hot topic issue that may generally be frond upon the article in question looked at just how massively a key this overlooked just like the status of the woman getting the abortion. The end concluding remark was that although there is no psychological factor that happens to the mother after abortion, there are other factors to be considered that greatly affected those who have had abortions.

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