The Ethics of Abortion: Navigating the Debate on Legality, Health, and Womens Rights

Name Instructor Course Date Abortion Introduction Abortion and miscarriage are not new terms in most Americans' ears. The two times revolve around many Americans' minds as their occurrences are very often. Abortion or miscarriage is the termination of pregnancy before the delivery date. However, the two terms differ concerning their occurrence. Some people engage in intentional abortions based on personal reasons like a lack of interest in the unborn child, peer pressure, or fears of parenthood demands. On the other hand, health-related complications foster unintentional abortions especially if such pregnancies pose danger to the mother's life. Most miscarriages happen like unintentional abortions characterized by limited controls over a health-related situation. However, there are some instances when negligence defines the chances of miscarriage, especially in young mothers that often use pills to control theirs reproductively. For this reason, to have a clear understanding of matters surrounding abortion, this essay will compare different scholars’ arguments on the topic to ascertain their views on its legality/illegalities, primary triggers, accessibility of abortion care, and its comparison with miscarriage. Legalities and Illegalities of Abortion Most Americans view and argue abortion from the killing perspective, which undermines its legality. However, discussing abortion from the ethical point of view, it becomes apparent that there are moral grounds that define the applicability of safe abortion (Cioffi et al. (3787-3790); and Fredrik (1-10). Based on these two great authors, pregnant women have fundamental rights that govern their health and self-determination. Such rights offer defined protections for women regarding health and self-related decisions extending to their choices on abortion as primary life supporters of the developing children within them. Cioffi et al. (3788) categorically define policies that limit abortion as unjustified since they lack a clear definition of human life. When does life start? Based on these authors, the American government fails to justify to its citizens' substantial grounds that justify when the product of conception becomes human beings and thus should remain considerate of the abortion issue. Women are mortal, and therefore, any policy that limits the enjoyment of life for such humans proves a threat to the targets' well-being Cioffi et al. (3789). These authors further confirm that most restrictive policies on abortion have adverse effects on women regarding their right to health and self-determination, which subject many of the victims to a challenging life in the long run. They conclude that if a woman is of sound mind and believes that carrying the pregnancy is a health hazard, American policymakers should reconsider their approaches in abortion restriction policy development to consider such concerns. Supporting the same but with a differ