Lessing, Pelham2022-10-042022-10-04https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14194/2589A study has been done in order to determine the effects abortion has on the emotional development of the adolecent and the ethical implications surrounding abortion. The purpose was to determine what effects abortion have psychologically,emotionally and in some cases physically, the ethical implications surrounding adolecent abortion as well as the future effects of abortion during adolecents due to the emotional implications. The ethical implications surrounding abortion has been discussed in depth, making mention of the various abortion views. The emotional development stages of an adolecent has been outlined and incorporated and considered with the ethical implications thereof. The main research findings surrounding adolecent abortions were that it has a severe negative effect on the emotional development of the individual. This has an even worse effect on the future of the individual than an adolecent that went through with the pregnancy. It was found that severe psychological disorders where found in all adolecents whether immediate or later on in the future. And lastly that adolecents where found to be emotionally undeveloped to make a decision such as whether to have an abortion or not.51pChristian ethicsThesis