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Why Abortion Is Immoral Analysis

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Don Marquis wrote an article titled “Why Abortion is Immoral.” He suggested that we address abortion in a larger discussion of the ethics of killing. Marquis believes killing is not wrong because it portrays the killer to be violent or because it leaves friends and relatives brokenhearted. Instead, killing is wrong mainly because of the effect it has on the victim. Killing deprives the victim of life. A person losing their life is the biggest loss anyone can ever have. It “deprives one of all the experiences, activities, projects, and enjoyments that would otherwise have constituted one’s future.” (Marquis) The victim being alive to dead is not what is wrong, its the effect on the victim’s future that is the problem because it is taken away
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