Abortion Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare Essay

LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN HEALTHCARE Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare HC4301. What are some of the ethical issues from the opponent and proponent sides of the abortion rights debate?From the onset, it would be prudent to note that abortion happens to be one of the most heavily debated topics in the realms of human rights. Those on either side of the abortion rights debate have presented various ethical issues in an attempt to advance their agenda. Proponents of abortion identify the need to secure the health and wellbeing of women by eliminating the need/motivation to procure illegal abortions. This is more so the case the case given the implications of illegal abortions. In essence, this is more of a utilitarian perspective which is focused on the embrace of the course of action capable of maximizing happiness/utility. According to Ginsberg and Shulman (2021), some of the illegal abortion methods that were used in the past, particularity prior to the Roe v Wade decision, posed great danger to the health and wellbeing of the mother. In the words of the authors, chemical burns and perforations of the vagina, bladder, uterus and rectum were frequently detected (Ginsberg and Shulman, 2021, n.p.). Thus, legalizing abortion would come in handy in efforts to minimize medical costs associated with illegal abortion complications and the associated pain and suffering experienced by those who procure illegal abortions, as well as their families. People of color are likely to be the most impacted on this front owing to the fact that as Artiga (2022) indicates, they tend to be the ones most impacted by the various underlying structural inequalities that, for instance, get in the way of their access to financial resources. They may, thus, be more likely to seek illegal abortions rather than explore safe abortions, i.e. out…

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…Thus, if we were to embrace the position that life begins at conception, the fetus does indeed have certain rights such as right to life.It would, however, be prudent to note that the interdependence between an unborn child and its mother makes it rather difficult to conclude for sure that the fetus has rights of its own. Due to this interdependence, the rights of the mother also come into play. This is more so the case with regard to autonomy, i.e. the right of the mother to make choices and decisions about her own life. Towards this end, the argument could be made that a woman must not be prevented from making decisions relating to the control of her own body including abortion. I would reconcile this dilemma with the determination of the point at which the fetus can survive independently outside the womb and, thus, argue that it is…