Human Cloning: Role Of Health Care Professional In Abortion (Essay Sample)

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Abortion
Abortion is not a new term, it has been existing for a very long and is carried out all over the world. Abortion refers to the termination of pregnancy in the early or late stages by eliminating the embryo and denying it a chance of survival outside the uterus. Abortion may occur spontaneously such as the cases miscarriage, or it may be induced purposely by the affected parties. Abortion is termed as an illegal act in most of the nations, and as a result, the use of traditional and herbal methods have been used to carry out abortion practices. The use of traditional abortion methods which involves the use of sharp objects and herbs have led to massive loss of lives. When abortion is allowed by law, it tends to be the safest procedures in medicine since it involves the use of latest medication and surgical methods.
The concept of abortion is no doubt one of the trickiest topics debated over frequently. Truth be told, regardless of the numerous religious and legal views about abortion, abortion practices are still carried out all over the world. Over 56 million abortions are conducted from all over the world with most of the abortions performed illegally.
Role of Health Care Professional in Abortion
Unsafe abortions are extremely dangerous and place public health and the human right issue in a dilemma. It is a typical case that women in third world countries especially the low-income countries have limited access to health care professionals. Health care professionals play a significant role in the provision of essential abortion services. The medical professional is in a position to cancel and talk to the abortion patients and justify the reason for carrying out the abortion. The health care professional can educate the general public about safe abortions, its implications, and consequences.
The Ethics of Abortion
It has been uncertain for a long time about whether abortion is ethical or unethical, but to looking at abortion in the moral point of view expounding on the good and bad related to abortion, we might be able to find common ground on abortion. Killing is unethical, punishable and prohibited by law. Since abortion involves the killing of the fetus, the principle considers the harm that the embryo poses to the mother. According to ethics, abortion is justified if it puts the life of the mother at risk. In cases where the pregnancy places the mother’s life at stake, abortion is allowed to save the mother’s life putting in mind that if the mother dies in the early stages of pregnancy, the embryo will also die. It is, therefore, important to save the mother’s life as soon as possible to avoid the death of the mother and the fetus. There are cases where the child is unwanted by the parent; it is a common belief that an unwanted child will end up suffering. Such cases include the cases of rape, forcing the bearer of the pregnancy to keep the pregnancy endangers the life of the child. It is for that reason for abortion to be conducted in the early stages to avoid drama in the future (Hurlbut &Benjamin 263).
Impact of New Legislation on Abortion
The current legislation which prohibits abortion and has cut off funding to an organization that offers abortion services have impacted on abortion in some ways. The new law's restriction has resulted in a significant drop in abortion rate and ratio. Besides the decline in the abortion rate, the abortion restrictions have led to increased number of traditional abortions which have resulted in massive loss of lives.
In my view, abortion is illegal, sinful and devilish and should not be allowed not unless it puts the fetus or the mother at risk. In scenarios where the pregnancy places the life of the mother at an unacceptablerisk, abortion is considered more of life-saving than life taking. Besides, it saves the fetus from suffering if the mother dies.
Human Cloning
Human cloning refers to the development of an individual who is genetically similar to another. Human cloning involves the transfer of a person’s DNA and genes. Human Cloning is done all over the world, and scientists have renewed their interest towards human cloning. Regardless of the recent attention on human cloning, the interest of human cloning has not increased since the process includes a lot of experiments which involves the donation of eggs and the probability of success are minimal. Besides, the process of collecting eggs is tiresome, time-consuming and puts the health of the egg donors at a tremendous risk.
Science is charged with the ethical obligation to conduct thorough research on human cloning and present to the public the facts related to human cloning. It is widely known that as much as human cloning bears a lot of benefits to the society, it also endangers the community by putting the lives of the egg donors at risk. Human reproductive cloning could be so beneficial to the community in that those who are not in a position to conceive could still bear genetically related children. In such scenarios, the DNA of the parents are put into the donated eggs. Besides science should inform the public about the shortcomings involved with cloning. It is true that cloning human cloning is still imperfect and still involves a lot of tri...