Philosophical argumentation on the abortion issue
Concept of personhood
Personhood is the status of being a person.4 The time when person hood begins has often been debated in philosophy and religion. “Mary Anne Warren claims that a human life form should qualify as a person when, at least, some of the following aspects (especially i-iii) are at stake: (i) consciousness and the ability to feel pain; (ii) reasoning; (iii) a self-motivated activity; (iv) ability to communicate; and (v) the existence of a self-concept (for example, individual, racial) and