Moral and Ethical Perspectives on Fetal Abnormality

¶ … women, Maria and Jessica chose to take a moral Christian perspective or viewpoint and this can be seen because once she learnt of the news the aunt started praying while attempting to call the priest. In addition, in the article she also states that she wanted to allow exactly "what God intended." This is the moral Christian theory that encompasses Christians who make a serious attempt to obey and follow the rules for their own individual behavior that have been laid out by God and stated in the Bible.

This implies that Maria and Jessica respect and value what is said in the bible regarding humanism very highly in their day-to-day behavior. The Psalms 139:13-16 clearly says "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." On the other hand, Marco and Dr. Wilson were inclined to take a mortal materialistic perspective of the whole issue in the sense that they had a scientific or pragmatic view and materialistically undertaking the steps that were right for the baby and for the family as well.

In their perspective, they considered abortion to be the best alternative and solution to the situation because of the quality of life that the baby would have, in addition to the economic or financial difficulties the family would face.

The decision by Jessica and Maria of wanting to keep the baby regardless of the situation that may arise, and doing exactly what God intended comes from their strong belief in God and His word that a fetus is still ought to be considered as a human being and aborting the fetus would count as killing which is a sin. On the other hand, considering the fact that Marco and Dr.

Wilson made the decision that it would be scientifically the best and right action to take to abort the baby; they had a materialistic mortal perspective of everything encompassing human being just a being and not much more. In this particular case study and bearing in mind the situation that is at hand, I am in agreement with the moral Christian theory. I strongly believe that God creates every being with a reason and a purpose and even lays out our lives right before we are knitted in the womb.

Therefore every human being regardless of whether it is a fetus, a child or a grown adult, has a meaning in the world. In addition,.