Thomson's Arguments In Defense Of Abortion

In Thomson’s Defense of Abortion there are some premises that are false in his argument. Thomson gives multiple arguments on why he believes abortion is permissible and though I agree with him his arguments tend to be focused on the extreme. In one of his argument, Thomson’s mention a mother having an abortion to save her life is seen as murder but he concludes that is false because if not the mother dies. Though I would agree with Thomson’s a person has a choice when it comes to an abortion, his analogy is a stretch. What would happen if the mother was not dying and just proceeded to have an abortion because she wanted to or if having a child actually saved the mother? Thomson gives many arguments that are generalized into something happening to the mother and for that case it does not …show more content…
My question here is why is abortion not permissible in this situation. If a person has the right to have an abortion because it is their body why should one be held accountable even in this situation? Does that mean a person should never have intercourse unless they are prepared to be getting pregnant. Thomson defends abortion when it seems that the mother is in a dire situation and these situations are not likely to happen to a mother but when it comes to something more common like having intercourse while being protected but still getting pregnant he is not as quick to defend theses mothers for their abortions. This leaves a lot of uncertainty then because it becomes a case that is a person only allowed to have an abortion if they are facing a life or death situation? What really classifies an abortion being permissible then? Thomson defense on abortion is not really defending key arguments that anti-abortionist would bring up. He already has agreed with anti-abortionist that having intercourse while being protected and still becoming pregnant and later having an abortion is seen as unjust