The purpose of this paper is to examine issues and ethical controversies of artificial abortion.
Most against artificial abortion the basic problem is to justification of artificial abortion. To the discussion against the moral justification of artificial abortion there is two problem where becomes the basic issue.
First, it is a problem regarding the whether or not which probably is a human being which keeps an unborn child authority of life.
Second, it is a problem regarding the conflict of the life right of unborn child and the autonomy right of pregnant women.
The Abortion rate of Korea is among one of the highest rates recorded worldwide, but the immorality of abortion is not a social issue or concern. Korean society has recently witnessed the emergence of 340,000 abortions per year, rapidly growing suicide rates, and controversy over death with dignity as impending issues in bioethics. However, there are few proper reactions to those issues suggested and implemented by the Christian community.
Ethical issues takes place through the conflict between the values. In many cases we cannot choose but decide between evil values. it builds the borderline situation which has no ethical breakthrough.
The borderline situation reveals the limits of reality as well as the limits of human. Ethical decisions and actions of the human are to respond to his situation of ethical existence. It faces despair through borderline situation. But Christian ethics will be started only through this situation.
God is infinite and personal, thus being the point of integration in life and the absolute standard of ethics. Human beings were created in the Image of God and personal beings, which means they are still noble and dignified despite their total depravity because they are still in the Image of God.
Therefore, A human life is valuable so it shall be treated preciously. Since our human life has continuity, there is no life stage that is not valuable from the time of conception. Therefore, a fetus shall be respected as a live and viable, person.