medically a fetus is not considered alive until it can survive outside of the mother’s womb (Thomson 48). Legally the Supreme Court said a fetus is not considered alive until it is born‚ which means as long as it is in the mother’s womb it can technically be aborted (Thomson 48). Prolife supporters state that a child is alive upon conception‚ which is scientifically when something is considered alive (Thomson 48). The only way the local or state government can intercede is if the abortion is more
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basic rights as humans. Some of the strongest arguments to date on either side are A Defense of Abortion by Judith Jarvis Thomson and Why Abortion is Immoral by Don Marquis. I will argue in defense of abortion using these arguments. Overview of the Argument There is many arguments against abortion. Part of them argue that the fetus is a person at the moment of conception. To that Thomson asks the question: At what point is conception? “Before this point the thing is not a person‚ after this point
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The first argument is by J.J Thomson regarding abortion when it happens during consensual sex. She says that the woman has no obligation to keep the child‚ even though the woman had consensual sex and understood that she could become pregnant. Marquis talks about how everyone has a FLO account‚ and abortion would be killing‚ and killing causes premature death‚ so therefore‚ he believes that abortion is immoral in all cases including consensual sex. Judith Jarvis Thomson gives an analogy when it comes
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THE SANCTITY OF LIFE CONCEPT AND THE ABORTION CONTROVERSY BY SAMUEL CHIBUZO ONYIBA Introduction The question of abortion remains an issue that has generated and continues to steer ripples of ambivalence in our contemporary world. While most European countries have actually legalized abortion‚ Middle East countries where Islam prevails forbid it by law. Some countries allow it only in order to save the life of the pregnant woman. With these developments‚ a question comes to mind: why is there
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unfortunate situations like rape or fetal anomalies (Thomson 48 ). Some people however believe that abortion should not be considered morally wrong and outlawed based on the notion that everyone that women own their bodies and so they have the right to choose what stays in it and what leaves it (Thomson 48). Judith Jarvis Thomson in The Defense of Abortion takes a critical approach in evaluating the reasons presented by those in opposition to abortion. Thomson does this by providing different analogies in
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One of the most controversial issues present in today’s society is abortion. Abortion is the termination of a fetus done purposely to prevent the birth of a child. Since abortions are now easier‚ less dangerous and more accessible than they once were; they have become the target of debate in every aspect of our lives. The issue of abortion has caused many heated debates in politics‚ religion and society in general; yet both sides seem to only see one side of the picture and avoid the issue as whole
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A Defense of A Defense of Abortion In her article‚ A Defense of Abortion‚ Judith Jarvis Thomson argues that in some though not all cases‚ women have a right to abortion due to property rights in regards to their body‚ and the undue burden against these rights that would be placed on women if they are to be made responsible for any and all pregnancies. Thomson uses a variety of sometimes strange analogies to make her point that even if we give in to the argument that a fetus is a person‚ and thus
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question; not from the perspective of whether the foetus is human‚ but from the premise “that the woman’s rights over her body are more important than the life of the person or part person in her womb.”[2] A Woman’s Right to Self-Defence Judith Jarvis Thomson presents the following hypothesis:[3] a woman becomes pregnant and then learns that she has a cardiac condition that will cause her death if the
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Sarah Cilbrith Dr. Jarvis English 114 10-2-11 Healing the World without Racism or Oppression Ever wonder what the world would be like without racism or oppression? Would people actually get along and not judge? Or would they find something else to have a problem with. Is it possible to even live in a world without racism? Let’s heal the world with racism‚ by taking it out of the world. People will do and say whatever will make them feel better even if it’s at the expense of others. With art
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Some‚ such as medical ethics author Judith Jarvis Thompson‚ take a different stance all together and argue that drawing a line between being considered a person and not a person is an illogical argument without purpose. Thompson claims that calling a fetus at the moment of conception a human is like calling a freshly fallen acorn an oak tree‚ however‚ she does agree that the transition from fetus to human being occurs a long time before birth. Judith Jarvis Thompson is an author within the medical
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