Fetus

Warren’s article “Abortion Is Morally Permissible” discusses if a fetus deserves to have a right to live. She begins her argument with describing why fetuses do not deserve rights because they do not have any traits of personhood. She then points out that even throughout the entire pregnancy a fetus does not deserve rights, she ends her argument by stating that even though a fetus has the potential to become a person it should not have as much rights as a pregnant women who is already a person.…

Abortion Abortion is the intention termination of a human pregnancy followed by the death of the embryo or fetus. Some people said that the fertilized egg or the fetus is not a person until after birth, but other people argue that the unborn child is person from the moment of conception. R. M. Hare argues that abortion is impermissible but not because the embryo is human, he said that because each of us wants to live not aborted. He gave an example in the past time and he said that suppose if…

2. In the Maternal Rights Approach, the mother is the only patient and the fetus is not considered a patient, separate from the mother, until after delivery. Therefore, from the medical indications standpoint, the clinical circumstances (risks/benefits) of the mother take precedence over the fetus. From the topic of patient preferences, the emphasis is on “the primacy of the pregnant woman’s right to control what happens to her body.” (OBGYN Risk Research Group, 2009). Any interest in fetal…

Judith Thomson argues that even if a fetus is a person, abortion is not murder or wrongful killing when conception is a product of rape,when the mother’s life is endangered, or when the mother has taken reasonable precautions to avoid being pregnant. Thomson uses analogical reasoning to show that in these situations, abortion is a woman’s choice and is not murder. In the case of rape, Thomson uses the sick violinist example as an analogy to this situation. Suppose if a person was kidnapped and a…

Abortion” Judith Thomson argues, a fetus does not have the right to life or the ability to use someone else’s body. She explains the different between Good Samaritan and Minimally Decent Samaritan My objection is that Thomson’s experiment is not realistic, a person has to follow the responsibilities of their actions, and a parent has an obligation to care for their child, and counts as a Minimally Decent Samaritan. Thomson arguments against my objections would be the fetus’ rights are not…

Judith Thomson argues, a fetus does not have the right to life or the ability to use someone else’s body. She explains the differences between Good Samaritan and Minimally Decent Samaritan. My objection is that Thomson’s experiment is not realistic, a person has to follow the responsibilities originated from their behavior, and a parent has a commitment to care for their child, and counts as a Minimally Decent Samaritan. Thomson arguments against my criticism would be; the fetus’ rights are not…

between a fetus and a newborn baby. The liberal argument expresses the view of that it is acceptable to kill a fetus up to a certain point but has adverse feeling towards killing a baby that is able to live outside the womb. Singer (1979, p.122) argues that if a fetus does not have the same claim to life neither does a newborn baby, even one that of a week-year-old. He previously stated the life of a fetus has no greater value than the life of an animal, maintaining that an animal and a fetus…

Judith Thompson is correct in maintaining that a woman does not have a duty to preserve the life of her fetus/genetic child because it is ‘her body, her say’ since the child is inside of her. Arguing against the special obligations objection, a fetus being a family member to whom the mother has a special duty which she does not owe a stranger, because although it is genetically hers and it is a person and innocent, it is attached to her and if she does not want to support and take the risks and…

abortion, society tends to argue over the issue itself, overlooking the numerous factors taking in effect to conjure the topic. One of the elements of abortion that must be taken into consideration is personhood. The distinction between whether a fetus is a person, formulates the conflict presented when arguing personhood; furthermore, making this distinction is vital in order to conclude the morality of abortion. One side of the spectrum depicts abortion as moral by the fetus’s lack of…

lawmakers passed a bill which would ban abortions when the heartbeats of the fetus become detectable at around six weeks. The 'heartbeat bill' was approved by both the House and the Senate on December 6, and has been sent to Governor John Kasich who has 10 days to veto it. Otherwise, it will automatically became law. The bill makes an exception when the life of the mother is in danger, but not for rape, incest, and anomalies in fetus. After the Supreme Court legalized abortions in the country…