Abortion is the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus for the purpose of terminating a pregnancy or any other method of terminating to pregnancy. This is a controversial topic across the world. There are many different abortion methods, ranging from the morning-after pill, which prevents the blastocyst from embedding itself in the uterine wall, to common uterine aspiration or vacuum, which removes the contents of the uterus to the using a suction tube (Mackinnon, page 95). Labels are assigned to developing fetuses throughout their development. The newly fertilized egg is called a zygote, when the ball of cells reaches the uterus about ten days after fertilization it is called a blastocyst. Between the second and eighth weeks of gestation the organism is called an embryo, then until birth it is called a fetus, otherwise known as the unborn young (Mackinnon, page 94). If abortion is immoral, it is often assumed that it should be illegal and vice versa (Mackinnon, page 96). Abortion laws vary by state and country. In this essay, two different questions will be addressed. The first is whether a fetus is considered a person after birth and why that person creates property. It is related to abortion because it is a frequently debated subtopic when deciding morality and immorality. The degraded view of personality is important to answer this question because it could lead certain situations to be considered infanticide. I will also give my opinion on the degraded view. The second question to be answered in this essay concerns the hypothetical question of whether the fetus escaped during Edelin's procedure and was outside the uterus, attached to an umbilical cord, whether it is illegal or not to...... middle of article... mentioned as a joke in class, but reveals the possibility of unnecessary abortions. Abortion is very controversial and has many subtopics that are also debated. A common argument is to judge abortion based on the personality of the fetus. People argue that a fetus does not have enough capacity to be considered a person and that abortion would not be wrong, but what about a person who has been in a persistent vegetative state for a long time ? Since they don't have certain abilities that make you a "person", is it okay for them to be killed? Making certain judgments about abortion can often be compared to other situations that better show the evil in perspective. Ethical perspectives vary from potentiality to the degraded view of personality. No matter how correct a perspective may seem, there will always be criticisms and problems in each one..