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This 4 page paper uses Kantian ethics to argue for specific maxims. A case study submitted by a student is used as a springboard for discussion. The paper supports abortion rights but is against partial birth abortion.
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abortion, a decision that is prompted by her parents. The boys parents have the girl arrested as they prove to a judge that the girl, Mary, would be putting her
life in danger if she were to have an abortion in this late stage of pregnancy. The girls parents believe that they should be able to make such medical decisions
without interference, but the boys parents claim that they were only trying to help. To answer several questions pertinent to this case, a student writing on this subject will want
to look at the subject from a Kantian point of view, because when it comes to abortion, it seems reasonable to look for universal rules. Many questions loom large
in respect to this issue, which is why abortion is so controversial. For example, should a womans right under the law be restricted even if she is past a certain
stage of pregnancy? This is a very difficult question to answer. While what is sometimes called "partial birth abortion" is frowned upon, there are stages of pregnancy where the fetus
perhaps is not vialbe outside of the womb, but is really too far along to render it a cluster of cells. At some point, the fetus has a face, but
perhaps cannot survive on its own. The question becomes whether or not this fetus is a human being with a soul and requires protection, or if the fetus is really
a part of the womans body and is not deserving of that status. It would be reasonable for a justice on the Supreme Court to render a verdict that
disallows Mary to have the abortion due to viability. When is a fetus considered viable? It is claimed that while when abortion law was instituted viability was considered to
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