Abortion is one of the most volatile issues surrounding social and political discussion of our day. Both sides of the debate throw out facts but fail to make proper dialogue in order to better understand their opponent’s stance. The failure to listen and quickness to judge has left many bystanders of the argument confounded or many have chosen sides based on silly ideas like “I don’t want to kill babies” or “conservatives do not care about women”.
The argument in the abortion debate is the mother has a right to choose The argument in the abortion debate boils down to the question that if a fetus is a person or not. The “pro-lifer” argues that a fetus is a person and thus it is immoral to kill a person and take away their right to life. Also, they argue that human life begins at conception which is why they
The question of personhood of a fetus seems to be answered by Mary Ann warren as she gives guidelines which define personhood. According to the guidelines, the fetus seems to lack a personhood which encompass having a capacity to reason
Don Marquis, the author of “An argument that abortion is wrong” presents a theory called …show more content…
It takes into consideration a woman’s right and also look out for the welfare of the fetus. Abortion should be allowed in mostly all cases (except when too late in pregnancy) and should be up to the mother to make the final decision about her future. I came to this conclusion because of the importance of the rights of the mother (a person) over the rights of the fetus (not a person). If we consider the FLO theory, we must also consider situations where a fetus could have a terrible future of suffering in forms of being born into extreme poverty, being mentally/physically retarded and enduring a life of medication and therapy. These cases would certainly not be a future like ours and an abortion would be of greater benefit to them than a possible loss of
The argument in the abortion debate is the mother has a right to choose The argument in the abortion debate boils down to the question that if a fetus is a person or not. The “pro-lifer” argues that a fetus is a person and thus it is immoral to kill a person and take away their right to life. Also, they argue that human life begins at conception which is why they
The question of personhood of a fetus seems to be answered by Mary Ann warren as she gives guidelines which define personhood. According to the guidelines, the fetus seems to lack a personhood which encompass having a capacity to reason
Don Marquis, the author of “An argument that abortion is wrong” presents a theory called …show more content…
It takes into consideration a woman’s right and also look out for the welfare of the fetus. Abortion should be allowed in mostly all cases (except when too late in pregnancy) and should be up to the mother to make the final decision about her future. I came to this conclusion because of the importance of the rights of the mother (a person) over the rights of the fetus (not a person). If we consider the FLO theory, we must also consider situations where a fetus could have a terrible future of suffering in forms of being born into extreme poverty, being mentally/physically retarded and enduring a life of medication and therapy. These cases would certainly not be a future like ours and an abortion would be of greater benefit to them than a possible loss of