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  • Essay / Arguments Regarding Abortion - 1176

    In this article I will discuss the pro-abortion argument presented by Judith Thomson. The main idea of ​​Thomson's argument is that abortion is morally permissible. To support her position, Thomson presents several arguments regarding the implications of the right to life that she believes anti-abortionists might have focused on. In explaining his arguments, I will also attempt to criticize his views on the subject. As Thomson observes, most common arguments about abortion revolve around whether or not a fetus is a person. According to Thomson, this type of argument does not allow us to conclude whether abortion is permitted or not. Therefore, she assumes that a fetus is a person from the moment of conception, for the sake of her arguments. Since the fetus is a person and a person has the right to life, the fetus therefore has the right to life. Rather than arguing for or against this statement, Thomson approaches by evaluating the right to life and criticizing the false implications this might have on the right to life. The first implication is that the idea that the right to life can trump any other right. who come into conflict with him. This means that your personal rights will not matter when compared to my right to life. This is the extreme view, according to which abortion is still not allowed even if the mother risks dying while carrying the fetus, since the fetus has the right to life. Thomson objects to this implication of the right to life and proposes a scenario in which the mother can act to save her own life. In his growing baby scenario, the little house you and that baby are stuck in resembles a mother's womb. If you continue to let the baby grow up, you will be crushed to death but nothing will happen...... middle of paper ...... mine if it is an unjust killing? With this argument, Thomson turns to the more common cases, where women are aware of the risks of pregnancy when they voluntarily engage in sexual activities. Having knowledge of the risks but the woman continuing to engage in these activities, wouldn't that put her, at least, in part responsible for giving the fetus the right to use her body? In the human seed scenario, a person has taken all precautionary measures to prevent human seeds from drifting away, but one seed takes root inside the house. Thomson argues that the owner of the house cannot be entirely responsible for this seed becoming a person. In response to those who argue that the owner could have lived without windows, Thomson suggests that women could also have hysterectomies to avoid becoming pregnant following rape...