Abortion

Abortion Questions of Abortion Is abortion murder' What about in times where rape is involved with conception' Who is held accountable for the child' These are just a few of the numerous questions asked when dealing with the heated debate over abortion. There are many viewpoints on the topic, pro-life and pro-choice, and sometimes people will disagree with others in their own category. Judith Jarvis Thomson assumes, in her essay A Defense of Abortion, that a fetus is a human being from the moment of conception. She does not state she believes this, but uses it as a premise for her argument on why and when abortion should be permitted. She uses analogies to illustrate why, in times of rape and failed contraception, abortion should be allowed. Mary Anne Warren, in her essay On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion, talks about one of Thomson’s analogies and refutes it. Warren believes that banning abortion would be unconstitutional, but disagrees with some of Thomson’s ideas on responsibility. Is Warrens discontent with Thomson grounded' Judith Thomson argues that an abortion is morally permissible in cases of rape. If a woman becomes pregnant by abortion, right, woman, thomson, life, violinist, rape, warren, child, cannot, should, believes, argument, thomson’s, people, fetus, analogy, seeds, says, responsibility, problem, mother, contraception, stay, save, responsible, pregnancy, one, mothers, held, failed, body, tried, times, scenario