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El aborto es uno de los temas más polémicos, pues las diferentes posturas encontradas hacen que se cree un debate, pero pocas veces le damos la atención que se merece ya que el aborto es un gran problema que afecta a las diversas sociedades alrededor del mundo a personas y a pequeños inocentes que son víctimas de estos lamentables hechos.
El aborto constituye un tema moral en nuestros días, pero vemos la relajación de las leyes en contra del mismo, como ciudadana y como estudiante de la salud me inquieta saber más acerca de esta problemática, en el proceso de ensayo pude entender mejor y definir la problemática principal a tratar de mi tesis El aborto un Acto Inmoral * Aborto: es una interrupción voluntaria o involuntaria del embarazo antes de que el embrión o feto esté en condiciones de vivir fuera del vientre materno, el aborto implica interrumpir el embarazo, impidiendo que el feto se desarrolle y nazca, en un sentido más amplio puede referirse al fracaso por interrupción o malogramiento de cualquier progreso o actividad, dentro del aborto podemos definir dos tipos; Aborto Espontaneo, es aquel que no es provocado intencionalmente, causado por anomalías congénitas o enfermedades sistemáticas en la madre Aborto Inducido, es la interrupción activa del desarrollo del embrión en este caso puede tratarse de un Aborto Terapéutico que es cuando se realiza por razones medicas, Aborto Electivo, que es cuando se realiza por decisión de la mujer embarazada.

* Acto: de acuerdo al uso que se le dé al mismo el término acto puede referir diversas cuestiones. Por ejemplo al hecho o acción que despliega un individuo, comúnmente se le designa con el termino de acto ya que la palabra se encuentra estrechamente vinculada a la acción y siempre implicara el hacer o el resultado de ese hacer, a ello puede definirse como Acto Jurídico que se designan como lícitos (aceptados por la ley) o Ilícitos ya que son condenados por la ley.

* Inmoral: es un adjetivo que se utiliza para nombrar aquel o aquello que se opone a la moral. La inmoral es todo aquello que se aleja de las buenas costumbres o las acciones que son consideradas como correctas. A ese comportamiento individuo o acción que viola su propio código moral o en su defecto a la moral de una sociedad o al grupo social que pertenece. También puede definirse como la ausencia de un criterio ético con un conjunto de principios que lo lleven a relacionarse con lo que se considera bueno.

* Moral: es una disciplina filosófica que estudia el comportamiento humano en cuanto al bien y el mal. También puede definirse como un conjunto de costumbres y normas que se consideran buenas para dirigir o juzgar el comportamiento de las personas en una comunidad. Puede definirse también al conjunto de creencias, costumbres, valores y normas que orienta acerca de que acciones son correctas y cuáles no lo son.
El aborto es un acto que busca la muerte y la expulsión del feto antes de su nacimiento (se realiza antes de los 5 meses de embarazo). La mayoría de los casos de aborto se da en mujeres jóvenes adolecentes, que sin la responsabilidad y falta de experiencia cometen el acto sexual sin ninguna protección, llevándolas a un punto crítico con consecuencias graves, que no las deja pensar con claridad y cordura, al no encontrar una solución, para no interrumpir sus carreras, enfrentar una responsabilidad tan grande y buscar el apoyo de sus familias por miedo a las reacciones que puedan obtener, recuren a la práctica del aborto ya sea asistido o haciéndolos ellas mismas a tal grado que ponen su vida al borde de la muerte. Por ello al aborto se le da el concepto de un asesinato, ya que infringe el posee la vida, poniendo así en un plano al aborto como un Acto Inmoral ya que nuestra moral pone en tela de juicio el hecho de asesinar a un ser humano, tenemos que tomar en cuenta que la destrucción de un ser vivo perjudica, la integridad, la estabilidad, las normas y principios morales de una sociedad, me llama mucho la atención el pensamiento “La amenaza más grande que sufre la paz hoy en día es el aborto, porque el aborto es hacer guerra al niño, al niño inocente que muere a manos de su propia madre” dado por la Madre Teresa de Calcuta, el acto inmoral del aborto provoca que estemos en una constante guerra en nuestra sociedad, dejándonos como producto el egoísmo, la insensibilidad y la falta de amor por la vida de un ser humano, puedo poner como ejemplo el caso de la famosa Marilyn Monroe se practico más de 12 abortos antes de los 29 años, para seguir con su carrera profesional. Hasta qué punto puede llegar una persona a convertirse un ser tan insensible e infringir tanto su propia moral, es desgarrador saber que muchas veces se ante ponen los propios deseos, antes de que la vida, nuestra sociedad esta tan enfoca en el yo que como seres humanos hemos perdido ese amor propio, es doloroso saber que poco a poco nuestra moral se convierte en inmoralidad por dejarnos llevar por placeres que con llevan nuestra propia destrucción como individuos y la de pequeños inocentes que no comprenden la insensibilidad un ser humano
El Aborto es un Acto Inmoral como seres humanos desarrollamos diversas capacidades mentales, quizás esas capacidades mentales puedan proporcionar razones solidas para atribuir a las personas que practican este tipo de acto tienen un mayor derecho de vivir que cualquier otro ser sensible, en nuestra sociedad se considera aparte de ser un acto inmoral un pecado, en el ámbito religioso al realizar mi encuesta puede observar que muchas de la población encuestada ponen en práctica la moral Cristiana Es importante mencionar que en la entrevista cuando se pregunto ¿Qué era el aborto? De los 25 encuestados el 61% dijo que era un acto inmoral el 28% que era un pecado el 6% un riesgo y un 5% un problema de la salud, mediante estos resultados pude darme cuenta que no soy la única que tiene la postura de ver al aborto como un acto inmoral. El aborto no es un acto que solo perjudica al feto si no también a la madre es doloroso saber que en nuestro país se hacen prácticas de aborto a niñas menores de edad, que por buscar una solución se encuentran con su propia muerte y en los mejores casos con consecuencias graves que dañan y perjudican para siempre su vida en el caso de Woopi Goldemberg una actriz de películas de Hollywood ella confesó haberse provocado un aborto con un gancho de ropa cuando tenía 14 años provocándole serias complicaciones en su útero y muchas hemorragias. De los ejemplos creo que el de Woopi es una lección de vida, llegar a tal punto de practicarse un aborto ella mismas con un gancho de ropa, es una medida desesperada y errada, creo que debemos concientizar a nuestras niñas, jóvenes y mujeres que el aborto no es una solución para un embarazo no deseado, ya que ponen en riesgo su vida, su cuerpo y su salud psicológica. También como lo es en el caso de Margarita su vida después del aborto no ha sido la misma ya que siempre está presente el remordimiento y la culpa el 48% y el 28% la esterilidad de las personas encuestadas piensan que esta son las consecuencias más graves del aborto. El aborto no es una solución, es un acto inmoral que perjudica tanto a madres como a pequeños inocentes y a una sociedad que está en guerra por erradicar este gran flagelo. * “yo estoy a favor del aborto porque pienso que las madres tienen derecho a elegir si quieren ser madres o no” Refutación En contra de este argumento puedo decir que no estoy de acuerdo, sé que todos tenemos derechos sobre nuestros propios cuerpos pero también deberes al ser responsables de nuestros propios actos porque somos seres que poseemos una conciencia, valores morales, principios y normas, nuestra sociedad está viviendo un libertinaje ya que no se fomentan valores si no anti valores que llegan a convertirse en actos inmorales y sus consecuencias vienen hacer grandes y desgarradoras provocando así en nuestra sociedad el acto inmoral de asesinar a un inocente, que no sabe de leyes negándole la posibilidad de vivir y negándose a ellas mismas las posibilidad de amar y ser amadas con el amor más bello que un ser humano pueda tener que el amor de un hijo y una madre.

* “para mí en lo personal considero que es un acto moral, ya que no traje a una criatura inocente a sufrir a este mundo, al no ser querido o deseado por mí como madre, no considero que la maternidad sea algo esencial en mi vida.” Margarita Martínez Refutación En contra de este argumento puedo decir que no estoy de acuerdo ya que el quitarle la vida a un ser indefenso forma parte de un acto inmoral, el no darle la oportunidad a un ser de poder nacer, la ignorancia y la irresponsabilidad de nuestros hechos provoca que tomemos decisiones equivocadas que no solo perjudican una vida si no que traen consecuencias mucho más complejas que trascienden las vidas de esas madres que por buscar soluciones rápidas dejan de un lado sus códigos morales, su ética como seres humanos convirtiéndose en seres egoístas y cobardes tomando las decisiones en su propio bienestar sin tomar en cuenta el acto inmoral que realizaron.

* “Detrás de cada mujer desesperada que aborta hay un padre biológico que no se hace cargo y a nosotras nos tratan como asesinas, tenemos derecho a abortar, el aborto no es un acto inmoral” Persona Encuestada Refutación Contra este argumento puedo decir que, muchas madres solteras salen adelante con sus hijos, la ignorancia y la falta de información que se tiene acerca de métodos anticonceptivos provoca que mujeres tomen la decisión errada y peligrosa de practicarse un aborto sin ellas tener en cuenta los riesgos fatales que se pueden llegar a tener para su salud tanto física, como psicológicamente ya que el aborto deja huellas en la vida que se quedaran para siempre en sus memorias, me llama la atención el pensamiento de “Me he dado cuenta de que todos los que están a favor del aborto ya nacieron” Ronald Reagan y es muy cierto siempre me he hecho la pregunta ¿Qué hubiese pasado si los que hoy están a favor del aborto fueran esas víctimas de ese hecho? Sé que cada quien tiene su postura, pero es necesario que busquemos dentro de nuestro interior y ver si todavía tenemos esa moral que se ha extraviado, de los 25 encuestados solo un 6% está a favor del aborto, pero la ironía de ello es que ellos pueden argumentar sus pensamiento pero quieren silenciar a un ser que podría decir lo contrario.

* Es difícil hablar acerca del aborto ya que hay una diversidad de posturas en cuanto a ello, y los diversos debates que se dan defendiendo a los derechos a las mujeres o defendiendo al derecho de esos pequeños inocentes, pero pienso que deberíamos defender el derecho a nuestra moral a guiarnos por ella, a ponerla en práctica y no silenciarla vivimos en un mundo donde todos nuestros valores se van perdiendo poco a poco convirtiéndose nuestra sociedad en una masacre de valores y siendo nuestra guía todos los actos inmorales, el quitarle la vida a un ser indefenso no nos hará mejores humanos, ni mas buenos, ni una mejor persona, al contrario nos destruye, yo solo puedo decir, nuestras madres nos dieron la oportunidad de nacer, no le quitemos y silenciemos a un ser que el día de mañana hubiese podido ser un ser exitoso, un luchador, un hijo y la mayor bendición de la vida, recordemos que Dios está en cada paso de nuestras vidas y el nos ayudara a buscar mejor soluciones que el aborto como un acto inmoral.

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...Abortion has been and still is a very controversial issue. The Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade in 1973 truly brought the issue of abortion to the public eye for the first time. For those who don’t know, abortion is defined as, “ the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy”. The most common types of in-clinic abortions are called aspiration and dilation and evacuation (D&E). Aspirations are when a small tube is inserted into the cervix and the fetus is gently vacuumed from the uterus. A D&E is almost the same procedure, except medical instruments are used alongside the vacuuming. In pregnancies late into the second trimester (6 months since conception), a shot may be given through the abdomen of the woman so the fetus’ heart is stopped before the procedure begins. Aspirations are typically performed up to the first 16 weeks of pregnancy, and D&E is usually performed after the first 16 weeks. Both types are very quick. Aspirations take about 5-10 minutes while D&E’s take about 10-20 minutes. Both methods are almost guaranteed to work. There are many reasons to get an abortion, and abortion should always be legal. The classic argument for those that are pro-abortion (pro-choice) is that it is the woman’s right to choose whether she has an abortion or not, hence why those that favor abortion are referred to being pro-choice. A woman should definitely have the option to have an abortion, and denying women the right to have an abortion would be a social injustice. It’s her body...

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