Biomedical ethics

Running Head : Selective Abortion

Selective Abortion : Parents ' or Teenager 's Right to Request (Name (Course Number (Professor (University

Teenage and unwanted pregnancies are common among teenagers nowadays The early involvement in sexual intercourse without minding the consequences is the common state of affairs lately . Though the involved teenage couple is aware of the consequences , the seriousness of taking it is the leading factor to such condition . Though there is the constant reminder from parents and adults , and the sexual education and laws governing to pre-marital sex and safe sex , the condition is

still progressing . Usually , the last and most definite answer to such teenage and unwanted pregnancies is abortion

Abortion itself is simple but the concerns related to it are complex from scientific to religious and to legal perspectives . The right for and nature of life is always been the root factor for the legal or acceptable implementation or occurrence of abortion . Most believed that establishment of and definition of a human being would finish any arguments over abortion ADDIN EN .CITE Cline20072 243Austin ClineFetus , Humanity Personhood : When Does a Fetus Become a Human Person with Rights2007July 10 2007http /atheism .a bout .com /od /abortioncontraception /p /PersonhoodFetus .htm (Cline , 2007b . This assumption solution is simple but its certainty is complex because concerns are not only on the position and rights of the fetus . Another debatable issue is the right of the woman carrying the fetus for her right to abortion This is further supported of the fact that woman is responsible of her body and having an unwanted pregnancy gives her the utmost right not to stay pregnant if she wanted to . Thus , her right for abortion to the dwelling fetus within her is an acceptable right

There is a recent debate and question if parents have the right to request selective abortion and if the doctor has the right to perform such also upon the request of the mother of the pregnant teenager Legally , the rights of parents to their children in terms of deciding of their fate is overridden if their children are already mature enough to comprehend the repercussions and capable for such decisions ADDIN EN .CITE DyerClare DyerWoman loses fight for parents ' right to know of abortion adviceBMJBMJJuly 10 2007http /www .bmj .c om /cgi /reprint /332 /7535 /198 .pdf (Dyer , 2006 . There is also a guidance issued by the Department of Health in 2004 stating that children should be encouraged to talk with their parents or with another adult of their condition in cases of teenage pregnancies , sexually transmitted diseases contraception , or abortion for appropriate advices and treatments . But if the case will pose risks to the health and welfare of the teenager where it will already prevail over the duty of confidentiality , the rights of the parents to be involved to this condition of their children is overridden and the doctors have no rights as well in informing the condition of the involved teenager to their parents

The prescription of contraceptives is the...