Abortion Is Morally Permissible written by Mary Anne Warren, argues for abortion. Warren claims that there are five traits of personhood. Since the fetus doesn’t have any of the five traits, they’re not a person and therefore abortion is permissible. She also mentions that in the case of late term abortion of a pregnancy that may cause inconvenience, it is morally permissible. Also the fetus’s potential right to live doesn’t outweigh the women’s right to an abortion. She argues for abortion because the fetus is not a person in which I would agree with Warren on her views on abortion.
The first argument Warren presents is her conception of personhood, there are five traits that must be present to be considered a person. The traits are consciousness, reasoning, self-motivated activities, the capacity to communicate, and the presence of self-awareness. According to Warren, consciousness and reason may be sufficient for
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I strongly agree with the five traits that are used to consider personhood, but she should have provided more detail. I don’t believe all five are necessary have. Also I do not agree with Warren that a new born infant is not a person. A new born infant has the capacity to communicate, not fully but, infants cry which is telling the mother somethings wrong. I was left slightly confused at first because she wasn’t clear about how many were needed for a fetus to be considered a person. I also do agree with her position that the mother has the right to abort if needed to for her own health and safety. A part I didn’t find proper was the example she gave for justifying abortion because it would postpone a trip to Europe, making it justifiable. It’s understandable if the mother needs to abort for her own safety but not for a trip to Europe that can be postponed. It did get the point across that the mother has the choice to abort because the fetus doesn’t have the same rights as she