Nevertheless, this is not the right term to justify this action, since there is no valid self-defense against someone who is innocent and unwilling to cause any harm. So, who are we to decide who has more right to life, the mother or the fetus? The answer can’t be taken by a game of chance and it will not be morally right to punish with dead an innocent person who has the same rights as the mother. In the same way, Thomson explores the notion of autonomy and the ability for women to decide what happens in and out their body. In other words, the idea of trespassing and violating is used as a metaphor for an unwanted pregnancy, which can also be morally permissible.
Despite Natural Law forbidding abortion, there is a doctrine of double effect that can be implemented. If the mother’s life is threatened as a result of the pregnancy, for instance during an ectopic pregnancy, then the destruction of the fallopian tube would be acceptable. Here, the primary aim is not the terminate the pregnancy but to save the mother’s life. The secondary effect is that the embryo is destroyed. Here, abortion would be permissible even by Natural law followers, who believe in the sanctity of life.
That doesn’t matter. What matters is why you think you think it should be legal?” Question 43. “Look at this picture of an aborted fetus … how can you support abortion?! !” Question 44. “I strongly oppose the opposition’s view that we shouldn’t care about our children’s education.” Question 45.
Many people believe life begins at conception, others believe life doesn’t begin until the baby is born. When people believe in abortion they’re pro-choice, when they don’t believe in abortion its pro-life. There is no way to say either one is right or wrong as a fact because abortion is against the law. Or should it be? A babies heart begins beating just after 21 days after conception, many abortions happen much after that.
He claims that abortion advocates find a slim margin to dictate when a fetus becomes a human. This criteria for pro-choice believers is “…only persons have the right to life seems evident enough. Furthermore, because fetuses are neither rational nor possess the capacity to communicate in complex ways nor posses a concept of self that continues through time, no fetus is a person.”(206,II,B) He challenges this concept by comparing its requirements to that of an infant, or a mentally challenged individual. Marquis then presents the reoccurring argument of his “FLO”
Abortion Abortion is a very debatable topic in the United States and there is no clear answer if it’s permissible or not. Abortion can be defined as, the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy at any stage of the pregnancy. Many people believe that abortion should be outlawed, others believe it should be an option, and last view being a mix between both. The mixed view population believe that in cases of rape the mother can have an option to abort or not, or if the fetus reaches a certain age it is not permissible to abort it. Thomson stakes her claim by focusing on three circumstances where she believes abortions to be permissible.
Though some may disagree on this point, the fact is that legalized abortion is the only option that will protect the lives of American citizens. One only needs to look into American history to see the results of prohibiting abortions to women. The process of abortions has definitely come a long way. Even after abortion was legalized, women were still very afraid to go to the abortion facilities because they were afraid of being attached just for entering the building. It is better now that they have a place to go where abortions can be performed cleanly and with minimal risk.
Given that Susan did not necessarily plan to have a child at that stage in her life would not make it fair that it be put upon her. I strongly agree with Thomson’s view that the fact that she didn’t offer her body to have a child within her, she then has no obligation to keep the fetus alive. And for her to have an abortion may be a bit selfish and inconsiderate of the baby’s potential, but it would not be unjust for her to do so. In Tammy’s case, after having decided to keep the child, to decide to get an abortion so late into the pregnancy is in fact unjust. By doing so, she taking away the fetus’ life because it would be so inconvenient for her in the short run of her life.
Abortion will never find its equilibrium and no one society will come to an agreement. Abortion laws have been implemented in order to help women, because regardless of the opinion of people they are still human and need help. There will never be a right way to go about abortion because everyone has their own sets of opinion. The only adequate solution would be to provide clinics for women, help, set laws, rule, and requirements. Because at the final moment it is up to the mother whether or not to abort.
The Pro-abortionist focused only on a women’s right to choose and all the social problems inherent in an unwanted child, forgetting that the unborn child is a precious thing that has the right to life and deserves the full protection under the moral and ethics law. The bottom line is our individual rights to freedom, and the pursuit of happiness should not supersede the authority of God nor should it supplement the moral absolutes from which they are derived. The Supreme Court decision in January 1973, of Roe vs. Wade decided that there should not be any legislation