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    Abortion and the Concept of a Person Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court Roe vs. Wade case in 1973 legalized abortion, it has continued to be one of the most highly debated issues in the country. According to Mario Derksen, “Abortion is the unnatural termination of a pregnancy by killing (at least) one human fetus” (Derksen). There are two main sides to the abortion argument. Conservatives believe the life begins at conception; thus abortion is murder. On the other hand, liberals believe that…

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    Jonathan Glover believes that in the debate about the ethics of abortion, we should look at the moral values in a multi-dimensional way. The current debate has been focused on the life of the fetus and the life of a pregnant woman for too long. Glover believes we should focus on examining the freedom and autonomy of society and people. When we think of oppressive societies such as China and North Korea, it is because they destroy personal freedoms such as the freedom of choice, freedom of speech…

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    Vazquez Professor Schulz Philosophy 01 17 December 2015 Morality and Legality of Abortion It is not uncommon for pregnant women to have an abortion at least once in their lives. However, there have been countless debates over whether the act of an abortion is morally right and when is abortion considered legal and illegal. Philosophers analyze whether abortion is moral and immoral while court cases and lawmakers debate whether it should be legal or illegal and under what circumstances. Jeremy…

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    The issue of pro-choice versus pro-life has been a heated debate for decades. Commonly used to be synonymous with the issue of morality and legality of abortion, pro-choice versus pro-life encompasses multiple other very controversial topics. Such topics include euthanasia, assisted suicide, the death penalty, and use of contraceptive tools. On one end of the spectrum is pro-choice. Pro-choice proponents argue that a person should have complete control and right over themselves and what they…

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    Abortion is defined in different ways by different people. The word Abortion by definition means the deliberate termination of a Fetus from the womb of a woman before it is able to survive independently (Dictionary, 2015). There are many issues is Canada, America, and in other countries today such as violence, drugs, and teenage pregnancy that is on the rise. However, abortion is an important and serious issue within the generation of today since there are so many young girls getting pregnant…

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    Abortion is an emotional and controversial subject that raises political, ethical and social debates. This issue raises challenging ethical dilemma with regard to the fetus moral status and the moral nature of the act. It also evokes legal concerns on the rights of the fetus and human rights. Abortions evoke many ethical debates and is one of the leading issues in the United States. The debates on this subject have remained vibrant over the years with little change on long held perspectives,…

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    It is a well-known fact, that an abortion theme always caused a heated debate among people. According to J.J. Thompson, there are some cases when abortion can be admissible, as we will see. First of all, by using the violinist example, the author gave a good illustration of rape case. In this story, the woman, kidnapped and plugged to a violinist, who is currently in coma, is assumed to be an analogy of a woman who became pregnant by rape. Both of them came to such situations not by their own…

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    Argument that Abortion is Wrong that abortion, except in specific rare instances is seriously wrong. He bases this claim off of the principle that killing any innocent human being is wrong. While the central point of most pro-choice individuals is that women should have the right to control their body, Marquis argues that the right of the unborn fetus outweighs the right for a woman to control her body. Before supporting his thesis Marquis lays out one of the main problems in the abortion…

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    There's been a controversy for decades now on whether or not abortion should remain legal, in other words it's pro choice vs pro life.They’ve disputed the future of the women and the child through debates with few if any compromises.Abortion being legal reduces death and maternal injuries caused by illegal abortions.Abortion needs to continue being legal not only because some mothers or parents are financially incapable of taking care of a child but because they’ll be in a household where they’d…

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    better, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, ketchup or mustard, or even octopi or squids. Another topic argued over is abortion, and i’m about to show you how abortion is okay. Right now I want you to think of victims of sexual assault, think of how they feel, now should they be doomed to have their perpetrators offspring? The answer to that question is no. Yet some people argue abortion hurts the baby while it is being aborted and that you should give it up to adoption, but unless the baby is in…

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