A. The ‘Conservative Argument’ is based on two premises: it is wrong to kill an innocent human‚ and fetuses are innocent humans; therefore abortion is wrong (Singer‚ 1979‚ p.107). Whilst this argument is valid‚ there have been many attempts to show that the second premise is wrong. The primary method to show this has been to find the “moral dividing line” between fetus and human‚ most notably viability‚ when the fetus can exist independently (Singer‚ 1979‚ p.107-108). This main objection is flawed
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In November 2013‚ the campaign group Abortion Rights announced their first-ever student conference. It was‚ they explained‚ in response to ’many student unions reporting increased anti-choice activity on campuses’. Societies such as Oxford Students for Life‚ which I’ve been part of for the last couple of years‚ don’t tend to think of themselves as ’anti-choice’‚ but it’s true there are more of us around. The number of young people who are opposed to abortion‚ or at least worried about it‚ is growing
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their ability to control their reproductive lives." an opinion stated by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Gonzales v. Carhart. Abortion is a medical procedure that terminates a pregnancy. There are many public views that may cause quarrels in the state and federal legislation. It was established as legal 1973‚ beforehand women would need to find people‚ who are most likely untrained‚ to do it in places that are probably unsanitary. This caused women to be physically hurt‚ growing number of
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Abortion is an eight-letter word that is determined by one’s self and not the public. No child asked to be in this world and they shouldn’t have to pay the ultimate punishment for their parent’s mistake. It’s no excuse as to why abortion should be okay‚ its plenty women in this world that want children but can’t bare them. Like my mawmaw always said‚ “You laid down and made that baby‚ so you’re going to stand up and raise it”. Abortions can mess with your body not only physically but mentally as
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Explain some of the arguments for and against abortion (14) Select one argument relating to abortion and discuss critically (6) When the topic of abortion is discussed‚ people tend to assume one of two standpoints: “pro-life” (they believe that women should not have the ability to abort a human life because it would constitute murder) or “pro-choice” (they believe that the woman carrying the foetus should be given the right to decide whether to carry the baby to term or abort it). Although Americans
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Opposing Arguments against Marijuana There are many people in this world that feel that marijuana is an evil and sinful drug. They argue several points against marijuana that would support their position. Most of these have no relevance to what in general‚ and they can be easily disputed. Others have some basis‚ and they can be considered valid arguments. However‚ the facts remain that the positive aspects of marijuana far outweigh the negative aspects. One such argument‚ and the major point
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Opposing Viewpoints Online Context defines abortion as a medical and surgical procedure that ends during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. Abortion became legal in the U.S Supreme Court in the year of 1973 because it is now considered “safe”. The reason it is considered safe because of modern medicine and more modern surgical tools (Abortion Facts). Many women have reported to have an abortion due to domestic violence‚ financial problems‚ and being raped. Even though the U.S. Supreme court considers
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Judith Thomson’s argument through her article‚ “A Defence of Abortion” is one that adopts the premise that the fetus is a human being from the moment of conception. By doing this‚ Thomson is distancing her argument from the various theorists who maintain the moral view that it is wrong to kill another human being‚ such as (Marquis‚ 1989). This ultimately allows her to assume various hypothetical situations in which the cognitive status of the fetus is otherwise not considered. This is important.
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article is "Abortion is a Moral Choice" by Henry Morgentaler. This article upholds women’s rights to abortion in the belief that it reduces the number of unwanted children and also reduces the number of adult criminals that suffer from childhood neglect or parental abuse. The title of the second article is "Abortion is Immoral" by John Paul II. This article objects abortion in the belief that it is a crime which kills an innocent human being and also against all Christian belief that abortion could be
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Distinguishing what you say from what they say. “And Yet” Gerald Graff‚ Cathy Birkenstien and Russel Durst say that “you need to be an expert in a field to have an argument at all” (p‚55). Are they referring to an actual job like a lawyer? where they are good on arguing about a certain topic. You must have some sort of topic to go off of to argue your case‚ and to make it believable for others. As for agreeing or disagreeing‚ I tend to disagree a lot more than I do agree. The reason for that is because
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