lifenews.com
2024-03-20
The primary reason abortion is opposed is to value the life of the unborn child. Surely, when someone's life is in danger, the decision to save lives must take precedence over personal freedom. What follows is an explanation of why abortion should be repudiated on medical, ethical, philosophical, and spiritual grounds.
Medical grounds
Once a child reaches a stage of viability, he/she can survive (even when medical interventions are needed) without direct physical dependence on the mother. As such, granting the child an opportunity at life is the most biologically appropriate path to follow.
While the growing fetus in the earliest stages of development is often dismissed as nothing more than a clump of cells, the developing child is a person with great potential.
What about dependence? In reality, we are all dependent on others for some aspect of our survival. We depend on farmers for food, and nature for our oxygen. Even though newborns are dependent upon either their mother or another adult for their survival, it's not logical to question the personhood of a newborn child despite his or her dependency. The truth is, dependency is not a defining characteristic of a person; if it is, it applies to everyone.
Ethical concerns