Case Study Jessica Is a 19-Year-Old Freshman in College. She and Her

Case Study
Jessica is a 19-year-old freshman in college. She and her boyfriend are sexually active, and while they almost always use condoms, they have had unprotected sex a few times when a condom was not handy. Jessica discovers that she is pregnant. She tells her boyfriend and he agrees that he will help raise the child if that is what she wants. However, he is also supportive of her decision to get an abortion if she feels it is best.
Jessica considers her options. She is a dedicated student with clear career goals that will require a lot of hard work and focus. While she has a moderate amount of money in her savings account, she knows she could not afford to raise a baby while remaining enrolled in college full time. Jessica expects that she may experience some judgement from her family and peers if she becomes a mother now, but she does not know exactly how that will affect her life.
The one thing Jessica knows for sure is that she does not want to be a murderer. Jessica's has a deeply felt moral commitment that taking an innocent human life is a deep moral wrong. She decides that she will get an abortion only if she can be sure that terminating her pregnancy does not violate that deeply felt moral commitment.
-What should Jessica do? How can she determine whether abortion amounts to the same thing as taking an innocent human life?

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