Document Type : Discussion
Authors
Department of Medical Ethics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran
Abstract
Nowadays different crimes are committed by people enticed away from the truth and deceived by devil, only to achieve their per-sonal goals and maintain their individual liberty. One of the greatest sins committed in this world is abortion. The fetus is a humanbeing from the very beginning and has the right to live. Although the mother has a right to decide what shall happen in and to herbody, her rights cannot be privileged over those of the unborn child. Therefore, the life of every human being should be respected.The most common attempts were made to show that the unborn child does not have the right to burden the female reproductiverights and women’s right to abortion. According to the universal declaration of human rights, every human being has the naturalright over his own life and this rule encompasses all members of the human society including human embryo. All of them are sup-posed to have human personality and ethical rights. Thus, it is not permitted to deprive an embryo of his future life. The purposein the current overview was to attempt an explanation of the questionable notion of the abortion. The paper puts forward a briefargument about abortion versus the right of fetus to live.
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