Summary Of A Defense Of Abortion By Judith Jarvis

My reaction after reading the Judith Jarvis’ “A Defense of Abortion”: The Violinist analogy was how bizarre the story is. She is giving a scenario where a well know violinist is attached to you against your will and you are obligated to keep him alive for nine months. Initially, I interpreted the story as the moral duty to keep the violinist alive in the same manner as anti-abortion and pro-life views. I understand that there are certain moral obligations that we have to abide by, but there are certain situations I feel that abortion is permissible. However, after reviewing the notes there was more clarity. In fact, this situation signifies the weaknesses in the premises for abortion making the entire statement false. I can see both sides
of the argument on abortion so it is hard for me to pass judgment on someone who has prochoice views.