Running Head: ETHICAL APPLICATION ON ABORTION 1
Ethical Application on Abortion
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ETHICAL APPLICATION ON ABORTION 2
Ethical Application on Abortion
Introduction
Abortion involves ending a pregnancy, and the procedure may use surgery or medicine to
remove it from the womb. There have been several ethical questions surrounding the act of
abortion. The paper explains the applications to abortion on a Christian moral view and a
counterargument on the matter.
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An application to abortion based on a Christian ethical theory
The Christian ethical theory condemns abortion as a grave sin before God and
humankind. Christian writings also emphasize that people should avoid killing a newborn or
aborting a fetus. Abortion initiates actions whose ultimate mission is to terminate an innocent
creature's life cycle before its time. Christian ethicists prohibit termination of life and hence
abortion since it truncates the presence of an embryo and fetus. Christians strongly oppose the
event of abortion since it is a matter of life and death (Castuera, 2017). Christian virtues teach
respect for every human being regardless of age. Religious leaders emphasize that human life is
