Abstract
<p><em>The devaluing of life through abortion has a detrimental effect on the ethical decision-making processes of a nation of people. Encouraging college students to make ethical decisions in a nation with legalized abortion is challenging. Laws that permit women to have a voluntary abortion are in direct conflict with ethical decision-making. The consequences of decades of abortion in the United States are staggering. Approximately one abortion is performed for every five live births. Over 58,000,000 babies have been aborted in the United States since 1973, when the Supreme Court found that women have the “constitutional right” to have an abortion before “fetal” viability. The authors compared the current abortion law to other “black eyes” in the United States’ history including: slavery, the Separate But Equal doctrine, the treatment of Native Americans, and oppressive child labor. This paper then introduces a four-step ethical decision making model and a “toolbox” of questions that students may use when analyzing ethical issues. </em></p>
Highlights
Teaching collegiate ethics in a nation with legalized abortion is a challenge (Note 1)
The challenge results from the duty to teach ethical decision-making to college students in a legal environment that permits mutilation of the unborn
The lawmakers of the United States should be a good example for their citizens by making laws that forbid abortion, unless the abortion is necessary to preserve the life of the mother
Summary
Teaching collegiate ethics in a nation with legalized abortion is a challenge (Note 1). This “constitutional right” encourages a nation of people to disrespect human life and is condoning the murder of unborn babies as a form of birth control. The Planned Parenthood employee discussed altering the way that abortion is performed based on knowing which organ the tissue procurement company wants She stated, “We’ve been very good at getting heart, lung, liver, because we know that, so I’m not gonna crush that part. One would think that the conversation was regarding goods, not human life In another video, the undercover journalist and the Planned Parenthood employee seemed to be “negotiating” or “haggling” over the price of an aborted baby. Once voluntary abortion is rightfully viewed as a crime, many citizens will look back on the current abortion laws and ask, “How could we let this happen?” The millions of abortions performed over the decades will likely be viewed in history books as the largest genocide in the United States
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