Warren’s argument is convenient for abortion advocates‚ if embryos and fetuses are less than people‚ then it may be morally permissible to end their life before birth. However‚ Warren’s premise and argument is flawed‚ and she fails to see the indications of personhood outside of consciousness. Primarily‚ moral personhood is not defined by an ability to reason‚ it is instead defined by a state of being. Philosopher Francis Beckwich‚ discusses moral personhood in relation to abortion when he discusses
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SHOULD ABORTIONS BE LEGAL IN CASES OF RAPE OR INCEST? To become pregnant due to a rape or incest act is a horribly violent crime but abortion can never be justified. the unborn entity is not when its presence does not endanger its mother’s life as in the case of a tubal pregnancy .it is the rapist who is the aggressor. the unborn entity is just as much an innocent victim as it is the mother. for that reason abortion cannot be justified on the basis that the unborn is an aggressor. As it is well
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Marijuana should be Legal Medical scientists and doctors in some countries have discovered that marijuana‚ an illegal drug and cannot be purchased even with a doctor’s prescription at a pharmacy. According to a national household survey (Rosenthal 2004) more than 800‚000 marijuana users are arrested each year. However‚ propositions to legalize the plant have risen and been subject to controversy and heated debate as marijuana has the potential to solve many problems if it were to be legalized
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Abortion should be Legal According to World Health Organization (WHO) unsafe abortion is defined as “A procedure for terminating unwanted pregnancy either by persons lacking the necessary skills or in an environment lacking minimal medical standards or both.” Each year approximately 1.3 million women decide to terminate their pregnancy in U.S.A according to a study published in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. But why do women choose to end their pregnancies? Does legalizing
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March 14‚ 2013 Should Abortion Be Allowed? A lot of controversy has been raised regarding the booming of the cases of abortion. Several news articles‚ pro-abortion groups and even government officials aimed to justify this sudden increase. Reasons varying from the youth of today’s modern thinking to abortion being the only solution to some of the nation’s biggest dilemmas surfaced to the scene making abortion one of the most talked about issues of today
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"Approximately as many as 1-5 pregnancies end in an induced abortion" (World Health Organization). Seeing this fact‚ it can be seen that many women decide to get abortions for a multitude of reasons. So why should anyone who can’t or doesn’t make the choice see that this operation should be deemed illegal? So the point is that abortions should be available to women everywhere because it can help a woman’s mental health‚ women who are raped don’t have to be reminded‚ and this procedure is safer when
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The Argument of Abortion - Philosophy Essay The Argument of Abortion - Philosophy Essay In On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion‚ Mary Anne Warren discusses a few arguments against abortion‚ namely bringing into play whether the fetus is actually a person‚ or “not a member of the moral community”. She defends that abortion is a morally sound action. Don Marquis‚ in his essay An Argument that Abortion is Wrong‚ takes the opposite stance. He claims “that abortion‚ except perhaps in rare
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Should abortion be legalized? The issue surrounding should abortion be legalized is a very controversial topic in today’s media. I disagree‚ abortion should be illegal. I know there are many reasons why a woman feels abortion is the only option‚ some of these reasons include rape‚ an abusive home‚ and the mother is too young to carry a child‚ an abusive home/family‚ if the baby or mother is ill. I will be discussing these reasons; getting an abortion lessens the chances of become pregnant again
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Thailand Should Never Legalize Abortions Recently‚ Thai society has changed a lot when compared to the past. There are so many reasons that cause the change of the society; the obvious one is influence from western cultures. The old days‚ Thai people were quite traditional. They would have sex after they get married or are mature enough. Whereas‚ the society received western cultures over time‚ new generation and teenagers do not care about having sex as much as before. Thus‚ this can bring
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The issue of abortion is one that has been at the recent forefront of many political discussions in the United States and around the world. There are people spread across both sides of the argument whose opinions vary in intensity and depend on different sources of information to back up their points of view. For the purpose of this paper‚ abortion will be defined as the deliberate termination of human pregnancy. It is my opinion that abortion‚ completed early enough in a pregnancy‚ is not an unethical
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