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    This document discusses the morality of abortion in different situations. The author believes abortion is morally acceptable if the woman's life or health is at risk, as continuing the pregnancy could endanger her according to medical experts. Abortion is also considered morally acceptable if the pregnancy is a result of rape, as forcing a rape victim to carry and deliver the baby could cause immense trauma. However, abortion is not morally justified simply because the woman is not ready to be a mother or fears her parents' reaction. The author acknowledges abortion is currently illegal in their country but supports legalizing it for rape victims.

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    This document discusses the morality of abortion in different situations. The author believes abortion is morally acceptable if the woman's life or health is at risk, as continuing the pregnancy could endanger her according to medical experts. Abortion is also considered morally acceptable if the pregnancy is a result of rape, as forcing a rape victim to carry and deliver the baby could cause immense trauma. However, abortion is not morally justified simply because the woman is not ready to be a mother or fears her parents' reaction. The author acknowledges abortion is currently illegal in their country but supports legalizing it for rape victims.

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    This document discusses the morality of abortion in different situations. The author believes abortion is morally acceptable if the woman's life or health is at risk, as continuing the pregnancy could endanger her according to medical experts. Abortion is also considered morally acceptable if the pregnancy is a result of rape, as forcing a rape victim to carry and deliver the baby could cause immense trauma. However, abortion is not morally justified simply because the woman is not ready to be a mother or fears her parents' reaction. The author acknowledges abortion is currently illegal in their country but supports legalizing it for rape victims.

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    This document discusses the morality of abortion in different situations. The author believes abortion is morally acceptable if the woman's life or health is at risk, as continuing the pregnancy could endanger her according to medical experts. Abortion is also considered morally acceptable if the pregnancy is a result of rape, as forcing a rape victim to carry and deliver the baby could cause immense trauma. However, abortion is not morally justified simply because the woman is not ready to be a mother or fears her parents' reaction. The author acknowledges abortion is currently illegal in their country but supports legalizing it for rape victims.

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    Odeña, Thamiah Izabell B. Prof.

    Francis Louie Bermudez Sevilla


    BSE-English 2A Ethics (GEC 008)

    Module 4: Elaborate

    1. Is your chosen topic/issue morally acceptable? Why or why not? Share your reflection
    and insight. Attach/include an evidence for justification (can be a Republic Act, Bible
    verse/s, etc.).

    In my own perspective, abortion is morally acceptable and morally inacceptable


    depending on the situation. For me, abortion is morally inacceptable if the woman wants
    to abort the child just because she’s not yet ready to become a mother, just because
    she’s afraid to her parents to know about it and if her reason is she accidentally got
    pregnant by her boyfriend. Those are the most common and most senseless and foolish
    reasons I always hear from women’s who abort their child. And those unintelligent
    reasons were not acceptable to abort a child.

    I think abortion will become morally acceptable if the life or health of a pregnant
    women is at risk. According to some medical experts says that abortion do sometimes
    save women’s lives. There are some conditions that might lead to ending a pregnancy
    just save a woman's life include severe infections, heart failure and high blood pressure
    that is at risk for stroke, says Erika Levi, an obstetrician and gynecologist at the University
    of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. "There are certain cases where ending the pregnancy is
    the only option, cases where it would be putting the mother's life at risk to continue the
    pregnancy," She added.

    Another situation that I consider abortion morally acceptable if the women who
    wants to abort the child is a rape victim. In some country like US, Mexico, Ireland abortion
    is legal. It has limited access to legal abortion such as life endangerment, rape, or incest.
    As a woman, I know that it is hard and it is really painful for them to bear and raise
    a child that is a result of rape. I can’t even imagine the pain and trauma it causes women.
    I know that here in our country abortion is illegal, but for me legalization of abortion for
    rape victims would be a great help.

    Resources:
    Human rights watch: Women's human rights: Abortion.
    (n.d.). https://www.hrw.org/legacy/women/abortion/us.html
    Doctors say abortions do sometimes save women's lives. (2012, October 19). USA
    TODAY. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/19/abortion-mother-life-
    walsh/1644839/

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