3-2 Milestone One: Dilemma And Backgroundsouthern New Hampsh

3-2 Milestone One: Dilemma and BackgroundSouthern New Hampshire UniversityPHL-212-17163-M01 Introduction to Ethics 2024 C-3 09:03:15 GMT -05:00Abortion in the United States has been an ethical dilemma for decades. The Pro-life vs. Pro- choice has been debated religiously, in politics, law and medicine. Politically, it was addressed in Roe v. Wade in 1973 where it was ruled a woman's choice to have an abortion outweighs the state's concern for prenatal life up to the point of fetal viability or when the fetus can survive outside the womb. Religiously, many religions do not allow abortions to be performed. Do conditions leading to abortion apply in these religions? Given the contents of the Torah, as the oldest scripture, Judaism deems abortion and prevention from contraception a sin and considers the family head responsible for this (Bank, 2020).Medically, doctors face the dilemma of treating pregnant patients and are often asked their opinion of abortion. Is it ethically acceptable to offer their own bias opinion to a woman about abortion, or when is it acceptable? Patients may consider their general practitioner to be their doctor, but also to potentially fulfil other roles, including confident, professional, advise-giver, advocate, and in some circumstances, even friend (Aung