Kohlberg's Theory Of Abortion

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The U.S Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade case in 1973 influenced the decision to legalize the women’s choice for abortion. Abortion is a medical procedure to terminate a pregnancy usually during the first 28 weeks. The battle of abortion still rages today with supporters and opponents, the main being with women rights over her body and when human life. The people who oppose abortion call themselves “pro-life” and believe that abortion is murder. Whereas the supporters are referred to as “pro-choice” and they say that those who oppose abortion are against women rights and free choice. Kohlberg’s theory states that morality starts from early childhood years and can be affect by several factors. There are many rising issues with abortion, some being …show more content…

During the first trimester, much of the fetus is already formed, by week 6 the heartbeat is measurable, and by the last week the fetus has fingerprints, and the veins and organs have formed. There are two forms of abortion, medical and surgical and can both be very dangerous towards the mother. With a surgical abortion, many complications can occur such as injury to the bladder and bowel, hemorrhage, hepatitis, an infection, and rapid bleeding. Also, having abortion can rise the chances of miscarriages and effect future pregnancies. In the future, if wanting to having a child, you next baby is more likely to be premature, have low birth way, is three to four times more likely to die the last months of his first year, and twice as likely to die the first few months. Abortions can also fail, leaving you still with the fetus and exposed to all of the possible infections from the procedure. Many women suffer from mental and psychological problems after having an abortion, such as relationship problems, guilty about surviving, suicidal thoughts, and depression. The medical pill can only be used up to 63 days of the last menstrual period, but after that a surgical procedures required if wished to abort the fetus. Kohlberg’s stage four, post conventional level is the developments one one’s moral principles and what is right and wrong. Women before an abortion may believe that this …show more content…

By week five the fetus’ brain, spinal cord, heart and other organs begin to form. Many people believe that the fetus is a baby, human, from the moment of conceptions others believe it’s when the heart starts to beat or not until the moment of birth. In 1981 the first open-womb retail surgery was preformed and are able to observe the unborn reacting to painful stimuli. Physicians are now suggesting that around 20 weeks, anaesthesia should be provided for the unborn child prior to the abortion. Meanwhile, abortions are done at any stage now and pro-abortion advocates believe that the fetus cannot feel pain as doctors twists off their arms and legs. In the United States, t is illegal to kill an Eagle’s egg, however it is legal to kill an unborn child. Meaning that killing an unborn animal is against the law, but it is okay to kill an unborn child. By having an abortion, it is depriving the child from living a potential life, it takes away the child’s life to live. Kohlberg says we learn right from wrong at a young age by punishments and rewards. Within society we learn that murder is wrong, and in court cases people are sent away because they ended the heartbeat of another person, therefor murdering them. Yet it is seen that abortions are acceptable, but within week five their heartbeat is formed and

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