Abortion is the planned termination of a human pregnancy. Several philosophers and activists have argued over if it is permissible. The author of A Defense of Abortion, Judith Jarvis Thomson, is correct about her argument that abortion is permissible even if the fetus is a person. This is because a woman’s right to bodily autonomy, which, combined with the woman’s own right to life, takes precedent over a fetus’s right to life. Even if people claim that she gave the fetus permission to be there, she should not be forced into going against her right to bodily autonomy. Also, there are some cases in that perhaps an abortion would be better for the fetus because the pregnancy was not on purpose, and once it is born, it cannot be given the best
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She may be too young and immature to take care of a child. She may not have the funds or budget to take care of a child. She may not have the mental capacity due to a mental illness of some sort. Each of these reasons, or a combination of them, could make the woman an unsatisfactory mother. No child deserves to live in a home where their mother is not able to take care of them in the right way. This could lead to learning deficits, which could lead to worse performance in their education, which could lead to the child having a harder time getting a job in their future. In addition to this, the woman may not want to have a child. When a woman does not want a child, the child could have a worse life because it may get mistreated. Parents are more likely to mistreat a child if they did not want to have a child in the first place. This could cause a person to have emotional problems and mental issues because they did not get a good support system in their …show more content…
However, there are already so many children that are in foster homes. The Administration on Children, Youth, and Families states that there are around 400,000 children up for adoption in the United States alone (“The AFCARS Report” 1). This does not count the children in other countries. This proves that there are already so many children who are waiting to be adopted. There is a large difference in the amount of families willing to adopt versus the number of children living in adoption centers. If all women who did not want to have offspring put their child up for adoption, this difference would be even bigger. This causes more children to go without families, which could have detrimental effects on a child’s life. These include health risks, homelessness or bad housing, and involvement in the criminal justice system (“The AFCARS Report” 6). It is not morally right to force a person to live under such circumstances. If the woman is forced to go through with the pregnancy, it could cause the child to have a worse life. It may be better for the woman to terminate the pregnancy and wait until she is capable enough to bring another person into the
She may be too young and immature to take care of a child. She may not have the funds or budget to take care of a child. She may not have the mental capacity due to a mental illness of some sort. Each of these reasons, or a combination of them, could make the woman an unsatisfactory mother. No child deserves to live in a home where their mother is not able to take care of them in the right way. This could lead to learning deficits, which could lead to worse performance in their education, which could lead to the child having a harder time getting a job in their future. In addition to this, the woman may not want to have a child. When a woman does not want a child, the child could have a worse life because it may get mistreated. Parents are more likely to mistreat a child if they did not want to have a child in the first place. This could cause a person to have emotional problems and mental issues because they did not get a good support system in their …show more content…
However, there are already so many children that are in foster homes. The Administration on Children, Youth, and Families states that there are around 400,000 children up for adoption in the United States alone (“The AFCARS Report” 1). This does not count the children in other countries. This proves that there are already so many children who are waiting to be adopted. There is a large difference in the amount of families willing to adopt versus the number of children living in adoption centers. If all women who did not want to have offspring put their child up for adoption, this difference would be even bigger. This causes more children to go without families, which could have detrimental effects on a child’s life. These include health risks, homelessness or bad housing, and involvement in the criminal justice system (“The AFCARS Report” 6). It is not morally right to force a person to live under such circumstances. If the woman is forced to go through with the pregnancy, it could cause the child to have a worse life. It may be better for the woman to terminate the pregnancy and wait until she is capable enough to bring another person into the