Women are prohibited from abortion in country X. This remains a major problem because country X doesn’t respect women’s political or civil rights that involve making decisions regarding their bodily integrity, which forces women to carry fetuses to term. In this paper, I will argue that we ought to reject Don Marquis’ notion of opposing abortion due to the presence of the fetus’s future of value because Marquis fails to properly account for the type of future that the female fetus would eventually have in a particular setting like country X where civil and political rights are extremely limited. Moreover, the right to life objection conveys that the fetus’s right to life is significant despite the absence of a valuable future.
Don Marquis would oppose abortion of the …show more content…
I would argue that the female fetus wouldn’t have a significant future of value even if abortion wasn’t committed. For example, country X encompasses beliefs that subordinate women because women aren’t granted civil or political rights, which implies that women receive minimal education and they aren’t permitted to make any important economic or social decisions regarding their life. The female fetus would eventually lead a restricted life that doesn’t have a significant future of value in a prejudiced society against women because the female fetus would have a brutal experience in which women are treated poorly without having any enjoyments of life (Warriner, 10). According to Marquis, the loss of future signifies the inability to complete goals and maintain interests (Warriner, 10). For example, if the female fetus isn’t aborted, then she would still lose her future of value because her interests or goals such as receiving post-secondary education or having a successful career in country X won’t be accomplished due to the restriction imposed on
Don Marquis would oppose abortion of the …show more content…
I would argue that the female fetus wouldn’t have a significant future of value even if abortion wasn’t committed. For example, country X encompasses beliefs that subordinate women because women aren’t granted civil or political rights, which implies that women receive minimal education and they aren’t permitted to make any important economic or social decisions regarding their life. The female fetus would eventually lead a restricted life that doesn’t have a significant future of value in a prejudiced society against women because the female fetus would have a brutal experience in which women are treated poorly without having any enjoyments of life (Warriner, 10). According to Marquis, the loss of future signifies the inability to complete goals and maintain interests (Warriner, 10). For example, if the female fetus isn’t aborted, then she would still lose her future of value because her interests or goals such as receiving post-secondary education or having a successful career in country X won’t be accomplished due to the restriction imposed on