The Pros and Cons of Selective Abortion

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This essay will evaluate advantages and disadvantages, moral, religious and ethical aspects of selective abortion, which promotes women’s well-being, physical and mental health. Surgical abortion is an abortion, carried out for different purposes, and accompanied or caused by the death of the fetus. The procedure of the deliberating termination of a human pregnancy is known since ancient times. Kapparis Konstantinos (2002) wrote in his book “Abortion in the Ancient world” that the word abortion came frоm thе Lаtіn “abortus” where “ab” means “amiss” and “oriri” means “likely to be born, arise”. According to thе book of Christopher Tietze and Sarah Lewit (1969) “Abortion” which could be one of the earliest records of an abortive technique this surgical operation goes back about 4,600 years to an ancient Chinese work. Also abortion was widely common in Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Arabic culture. ( Kapparis Konstantinos , 2002)

However after long time, abortion remains question under discussions. There are strong arguments both for and against abortion. Therapeutic abortion that is one of the most disputable topic in modern society is evident capable of generating intense passions, that lead to a great number of other social issues. In recent decades, on a global scale there is increasing pressure for changes in abortion which could lead to a various consequences.

Selective abortion is permitted when a particular fetus is perceived as having undesirable characteristics. These include cases of sex-selective abortion where the unborn child is a girl, and the parents, for cultural or other reasons, want a boy or the fetus does not suit the parents in some other way. (Selective abortion, 2009) But generally, the reason for selective a...

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