The ethical aspects of abortion in medical education

Abortion is a challenging issue. It is proposed as a problem in medical philosophy and medical ethics texts. In dealing with abortion، graduate medical students may be influenced by different situations، or make a decision according to their conscience. Therefore they should acquire a satisfactory level of ethical development to deal with these issues during their years of education. Some things that are important for education on abortion are law، religious and moral reasoning، understanding the moral reasoning of people who request an elective abortion and related ethical philosophies. If health providers want to make the right decision and manage the patient suitably، they should be aware of the moral reasoning of the abortion applicant، religious moral reasoning، legal issues، and the ethical philosophies related to elective abortion، so they can do the best thing when dealing with abortion applicants. Sometimes the abortion applicant or the health provider thinks that abortion is an ethical action، but according to religion and the philosophy of ethics it is not. Therefore supporting health may be warranted by educating medical students on ethics as well as religious rules and legal issues.