Summary Of A Defense Of Abortion Thomson

In “A Defense of Abortion” by Judith Jarvis Thomson, she argues for the claim that even if a fetus is a person from conception (and has a full right to life), a pregnant woman still has the right to have an abortion even if she is characterized as self-centered. There is a case where she should not choose to have an abortion because it is seen as morally wrong (435). The opposition to abortion relies on the idea that a fetus is a human being from the moment they are conceived, instead of explaining how that makes abortion wrong. The opposition to abortion would argue that everyone has a right to life, including a fetus, and the mother does have a right to her body, but a person’s right to life is more important, so the fetus should not be killed

In comparison with the opposition’s view, the doctor says that you have the right to decide what happens to your body, but the violinist’s right to life outweighs that right. In this case you were kidnapped so we could compare that to rape and the opposition could say that a person only has a right to life only if they didn’t come into existence from a rape or they have less of a right to life. The opposition also does not make an exception for the mother if she has to spend all nine months of pregnancy in bed, they recognize that it would be hard for her, but the fetus has a right to life. Oppositions to abortion tend to have different views on rights of life, including having a right to be given the bare minimum and having the right to not be killed by anybody (437). Using the violinist example, does he have a right against everybody that they should not unplug you from him? The right to not be killed by anybody suggests that we should not unplug him because we would kill him, however, the violinist has no right against you that you should let him use your

The right to life does not concern the right to not be killed, but the right not to be killed unjustly. Someone’s right to life should not outweigh your right to decide what happens to your body. Nobody has the right to use your body unless you have given them that right, and nobody can make you give them that right. Having a right to life does not guarantee having either a right to be given the use of or be allowed continued use of another person’s body even if one needs it to survive. The question of whether you have a right to life at all, or how much of it you have, should not depend on the question of whether or not you are the product of rape. Imagine a young girl who is set up for success and could lead a very fulfilling life, gets raped and he impregnates her. She did not choose to get raped and she did not choose to get pregnant, so even if the fetus is a complete person and it has a right to life, she has a right to her body and she does not have to sustain the life of the