Ingalls 1
Cody Ingalls
Professor Rhodes
Introduction to Ethics
April 15th, 2017
Case Study
The debate surrounding abortion rights presents many ethical dilemmas, and is rarely a
black and white issue, which makes it difficult to label all abortions as moral or immoral. Many
people who are opposed to abortion are willing to support it in certain situations, such as in the
case of rape, incest, or the endangerment of a mother’s life. One of these situations is described
in the case study “Conceived in Violence, Born in Hate,” an overview of a rape and assault
victim who was forcibly impregnated and decided to carry the child to term. The case raises
interesting questions about the morality of abortions in the case of rape, and the autonomy of…