A Defense of Abortion

Philosophy Paper Don Marquis claims that abortion is immoral and therefore impermissible in most cases. I will argue that abortion is not immoral and should be permissible in all cases. Marquis says abortion is immoral because you take away the fetus’ right to a future like ours. He believes this is the same as killing an adult human, which is considered immoral. He argues that killing an adult human is wrong and the adult has the same value as a fetus then abortion is also wrong. In his…

Regardless of whether the act of abortion is deemed ethically wrong or not, the ability to access and choose whether a person wants to see their pregnancy through is a human right. I say this because as long as the fetus grows and feeds from the womb, it is simply a body part, growing until it is capable of free will at birth. That said, a woman reserves the right to remove the immature fetus, and to deny this is a misuse of power over another human’s right to choose. A deeper delve into what…

Abortion should be Illegal “Abortion is feticide in a new language intended to make what is evil sound acceptable” (Williams). An abortion is defined as the termination of a human baby. There are various arguments for whether abortion should be legal or illegal. Pro-life fighters are the people who fight for the lives of the babies that are being aborted, and pro-choice people are those who believe that the women have the choice over what she wants to do. The abortion topic has been debated by…

that will be covered is abortion, taxes, immigration, military spending, and gun control. Do you know if you are a Republican or Democratic? If not after this paper you will know if your a Republican or Democratic. Are you for abortion? Do you like strict tax laws? How do you feel on immigration? Do we need protection or any military spending? Do you want to be able to feel protected and not insecure? I will clarify the differences between to two political parties. Abortion is the deliberate…

recognized that current abortion methods were resulting in high mortality rates, and the unsafe practice was outlawed for the sake of women’s health. Despite the United State's ban on abortion, which lasted for more than a half-century, illegal abortions continued, particularly among poor women without access to or knowledge of contraception.As abortion procedures were studied and improved, many states began to mitigate their old abortion laws. Some states, however, still forbade abortions…

In this paper I am going to argue that Judith Jarvis Thomson is correct when she argues that abortion is not unjust killing and is permissible. Thomson’s argument is based on a woman’s right to decide to have an abortion on the notion that a fetus is regarded as a person from the time of conception. Thomson reaches her final conclusion that abortion is not unjust killing by countering claims from anti-abortionists, such as Don Marquis, and by defining key terms anti-abortionists commonly use in…

Woman shouldn't be given the option of abortion. Abortion is a dangerous and painful procedure. Abortion is going against the Constitution by depriving a life, but also abortion can cause medical complications and psychological trauma. Abortion is a painful process afterwards for the woman and her family. Abortion should be made illegal because a woman who's a United States citizen shouldn't go against the Constitution, but also they shouldn't go through medical complications or psychological…

unborn fetus has raged throughout recent history with many good arguments both upholding and criticizing the legality of abortion. Is legal abortion considered murder? What is murder and how do you define when killing is or is not a murder? This debate is a moral and ethical one. Early term abortions should not be considered murder; nevertheless, people disagree about abortion because essentially we disagree about what defines human nature (Head, 2015). First, determine the definition of…

claim that, even if a fetus is a person, abortion is still permissible if the pregnancy was unwilling (i.e rape) or if the pregnancy is a threat to the mother’s health/life. Exposition (492) In Thomson’s paper, she discusses abortion considering the following is true: The human embryo is a person. And so my exposition and my argument will follow the same premise. She does not argue that abortion is permissible or impermissible, but rather she argues that abortion is permissible in certain…

act. The following will rank six acts of killing on a spectrum in terms of morality. Six is the least immoral act and one is the most immoral. After each ranking, there will be an explanation on the moral reasons for its location. 6. Elective Abortion Abortion is a complex issue because the whole argument is usually made reliant on if and when a fetus becomes a human being. This aspect…