According to J. J. Thomson, author of ‘In Defense of Abortion’, the standard argument against abortion is invalid for the following reason:…
In the article You Don't Need To be Religious To Believe Abortion Is Wrong, Timothy Jackson insists that aside to the faith, logical moral reasons prove beyond doubt that abortion is wrong. Jackson presented a syllogism to sum up all the main points to why. First step is the genuine moral senses which human beings hold. Allowing people to recognize what should be protected. The second step is the pro-lifers are backing up their claim by using resources from science.…
In her paper, Defence of Abortion, Judith Jarvis Thomson takes a more “pro-choice” approach and argues for the justification of abortion in more circumstances than not. She does this by using different thought experiments that align with different situations in which women can get pregnant. While I agree with her reasonings for the first two circumstances talked about in her paper, I disagree with her justification for getting pregnant while using protection. I believe that even though inconvenient, it is unjust and immoral to abort a fetus when a pregnancy is caused by failed protection. To start, Thomson states that four circumstances come about when a woman gets pregnant.…
After reading “A defense of Abortion” by Judith Jarvis Thomson and what he had to say with his violinist analogy involving the kidney replacement. I agree with what he has to say on not only abortion itself but, whether or not a fetus should have the right to the women’s body. I don’t think that the fetus should be given the right to use the women’s body because what if she does not what to have a baby and ends up getting pregnant anyway. Also, each time a woman engages in sexual intercourse, she is not inviting the fetus to live inside her body. This is why birth control and other contraceptives are not a sure deal when dealing with sexual intercourse. What if the birth control method fails and the women end's up getting pregnant? She did…
The harm that women could suffer from abortion was never really considered in the Roe v. Wade case. Abortion was viewed as being synonymous with good health, and the only harm to consider for women was not being allowed to have an abortion. The presumption that Roe consulted with a physician to gain medical guidance was important evidence leading the Court to believe it was an informed decision. “Assumptions about doctor-patient counseling were an important part of the Court’s rationale for extending constitutional privacy rights to abortion” (Adams, 2005, p.335). Roe used the burden of unwanted pregnancy as an argument, stating that the child would not be cared for because it is unwanted and that childcare would be taxing on the mother’s mental…
Other pro-choice advocates such as Judith Jarvis Thomson argue contrary to the moral argument (personhood) they argue for body autonomy which places the interest of the woman first. Central to the view is the claim that no human being regardless of their moral status is permitted to use another human beings body against his or her will as a means to an end or an end in itself. Therefore the human fetus does not have the right to occupy the woman's body for survival if it is against her will.…
It wouldn't stop women from having them if we outlaw abortion. In “A Defense of Abortion” Judith Thomson pokes holes in the extreme conservative argument, she's a moderate liberal. Although she is in the defense of abortion she states there continue to be times when it is impermissible. Her first analogy she compares a growing fetus to a renowned violinist who has unknowingly been attached to an individual’s circulatory system. Is the man responsible to stayed attached to the violinist? Thomson says no, because the person was abducted and they didn’t offer for the violinist to be attached. Thomson states “it’d be quite nice of you for doing a great kindness”. I am in agree with Thompson here no one ought to be compelled to really have a stranger plugged into them naively for period of nine…
Personally, I think that any form of abortion is tantamount to murder, and should never be permitted. This article only brings to my attention that women who wish to have abortions are only concerned for themselves, as the argument is based upon the health of the woman. Although the author’s argument may be valid concerning some facets of the issue, I believe the focus of the subject should shift from the mother to the living creature inside and its right to…
Roe v. Wade, is a landmark decision made by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. It struck down state laws banning abortion in 1973 and since then the abortion is legal throughout the United States. The right of pregnant women making decision to have abortion is protected but states have placed different regulations on it, which ranges from requiring parental involvement in a minor’s abortion to restricting late-term abortion.…
One of the biggest moral issue today is woman's rights with abortion. Many people argued for the rights to keep abortion while others argued for banning it. In the article "The Rights of a Woman Do Not Outweigh the Rights of A Child" by Judith Jarvis Thomson, who is a philosopher and invented an analogy for her debate, talks about how a child has more right than the mother in the case of abortion and that abortion is the same thing as "killing" , Thomson says. Thomson claims the idea that anyone can argue that all abortion is impermissible. The article "Abortions Should Be Restricted to Before Twenty Weeks Gestation" by Douglas Johnson who is…
For many years, abortion has been perhaps the most controversial issue in America. The controversy is between protecting an unborn child’s life and taking away a woman’s constitutional freedom to choose. Those who are Pro-Choice believe that a woman should be allowed to control their own body and no one has the right to compel their morals on them. Pro-Life advocates like Jennifer Simmons, believe that a constitutional amendment should be pass giving equal protection to all including unborn children. To voice her opinion and spread her beliefs, Simmons wrote a paper to reach out and convince those undecided minds that Pro-Life is morally the only choice.…
Secondly, I will explain each premises of the argument with the help of some cases and scenarios. Finally, I will present an original objection to the argument that abortion is permissible even when the parents had protected sex. In this paragraph I will provide a little background information regarding Thomson’s argument. According to Thomson, “the right to life consists not in the right not to…
The main problem with abortion has been about figuring out the rights that a fetus has and if the fetus is considered a person. Usually the most common argument against abortion is that the fetus is a human being and it is wrong to kill a human being. However, there are a few things to consider that allows abortion to be permissible. Before we get into the argument it is important to establish when a fetus is considered a person. These are the issues that Judith Jarvis Thomson’s “A Defense to Abortion” discusses to prove when abortion is allowed.…
P1: Whether or not the unborn has a right to life, it does not have a right to…
Abortion is an on-going debate throughout the United States. Americans divide 50% as pro-choice and 44% on pro-life. (Saad, 2015) Majority of women side with pro-choice, and being a woman myself, I stand with pro-choice. I believe that it’s an individual’s right to decide what they’re doing to their bodies, and no one else should be allowed to deny them of said right. There are many different reasons as to why someone would get an abortion. Whether it be from results of rape, birth control failure, teen pregnancy, or whatever the case may be, every abortion is thought out and no option is an easy option.…