The document provides a reflection on option C in response to a medical ethics case. The reflection is over 250 words and cites Pence (2017). It agrees with option C which supports both an unborn child's right to life and a mother's rights. While ideally there would be no abortions, many reasons exist for women to seek them out. Without the option of abortion, a woman's bodily autonomy could be jeopardized. Additionally, adoption is not a perfect solution given the existing issues in foster systems. Therefore, though the author would personally choose life, the complex realities faced by others mean not all are in the same fortunate position.

1. Explain why you agree with option C listed below.
Your reflection must be at least 250 words in length and follow
APA (6th ed.) formatting and citation guidelines as appropriate
MUST USE Pence, Gregory (2017) Medical Ethics and Issues:
Accounts of Ground-Breaking Cases. As a reference
About half of pregnancies among American women are
unintended, and about forty percent of these end in abortion.
We should protect the rights of an adult, human mother before
the rights of a fetus. This is because a fetus has not developed
to where he/she can feel pain or think of itself as a being with
an identify, qualities we often associate with human life.
Therefore, a fetus cannot be said to have the same moral rights
as a fully grown, self-aware woman. The birth of the child could
be unfeasible economically, it could hamper her ability to work
or go to school, it could bring on depression, and, in short,
completely alter the mother’s life, and not always for the better.
Option C. I understand this is a complex issue, but I am in favor
of an unborn child’s right to life. That said, I am also in favor
of protecting the rights of the mother. Ideally, we wouldn’t have
to discuss abortions because no one would have them. But many
reasons exist for a woman to have an abortion, and without that
opinion, a woman is put in a dangerous situation in which her
body is not wholly her own, and she must suffer more for her
actions than a male partner. And giving the child up for
adoption isn’t really a solution. We already have too many
children who need homes and a foster system rife for horror

2. stories. If it were me, I would choose life. But this is not an
ideal world, and not everyone is in position I am fortunate
enough to be in.