Abortion: Deontological Paradigm

Abortion will always be considered immoral, that is when the issue is viewed through a deontological paradigm. The fact is pondering abortion through the prism of deontology is viewing the procedure with no context, and reducing the situation to a life or at least the possibility of one is being terminated. It should be reasonably apparent that this argument and viewpoint is substantially impractical. When immersed in the actual varying circumstances of our world, there are several factors that go into the decision to have an abortion. All of these variables must be taken into account, as much as possible prior to making a proper decision. While it is probable that there are more abortions that aren’t thoroughly justified through the analysis …show more content…
It is simply impractical to view an abortion from any angle where the consequences of keeping the baby and having the abortion aren’t weighed. A decision on an abortion can’t be simplified to the morality of the act alone as there prima facie no cases where there are no consequences in either option. Subsequently, the question becomes which act has more negative consequences, and if having the child is the answer, abortion becomes viable. Using the utilitarian paradigm, speaking on the larger scale of the broad U.S. population, the option of having abortions has minimized harm in …show more content…
Additionally, many women seeking late-term abortions are on the lower end of the economic spectrum, so their children are likely to require welfare aid through their childhood. This bill only took into account abortions after 20 weeks, it’s important to note that 91.6% of abortions take place at or prior to 13 weeks (as of 2013) according to the Centers Of Disease & Control (CDC). The amount of money the American Taxpayer would have to put up to balance the addition to the deficit in an absolute ban of abortion could be up to reach $2.2 billion. It is clear that the option of abortion minimizes harm for the American