Analysis Of Judith Thomson's A Defense Of Abortion

Abort Abortion Studies have proven 86% of abortions performed in the United States occur due to convenience. The United States Federal Government recognizes the termination of an unborn child as legal, but gives the state governments the option to put regulations on the law if necessary. In Oklahoma abortion has many restrictions and is illegal. In the article “Should abortion be legal?” by procon.org it states abortions do not only affect the child, but also the mother that carried the child, induced abortion is the killing of another person, and women should accept the responsibilities of caring for a child. The termination of an unborn child should not be legally practiced in the United States.

Therefore abortion is impermissible because it will deprive the fetus from his/her future. Third reason why abortion is impermissible is because it punishes the innocent fetus. The fetus should not be killed just because his/her parents were irresponsible. The fetus did not take the decision that his/ her parents would have sex or use contraception methods that are not very effective. The fetus is totally innocent and should not be punished.

Abortion dehumanizes life to the point of death; nothing can justify the death and dehumanization of a baby. Today, pro-choice individuals try to justify abortion as a woman’s right to control her own body. However, this reason is self-centered and ignores the fact that the life in the woman’s womb is human in nature. This reasoning also puts the woman’s personal interests and comforts above the value of the life of the baby.

Many states agree with the idea of abortion being fetal homicide, although, according to a scientific study, fetuses are unable to feel pain until at least their 26th week of life (“ 'Fetal Pain ' Anti-Abortion Laws Spur Fierce Debate. ")("Fetal Homicide Laws."). If a fetus is not even able to feel pain, the idea of “murdering” the fetus should not even be considered because it is barely developed. According to the Bible, some pro-life activists say that “Thou shalt not kill” applies to unborn children further implying that abortion is murder (The Holy Bible: King James Version). Though, the Bible can be interpreted in many different ways, and there are many religious folk who are pro-choice.

The word premature birth by definition implies the prompted removal of a baby from the womb before it can survive freely. Premature birth is a to a great degree questionable issue in light of the fact that while a few individuals are totally against it, others trust that a lady ought to have the privilege to pick. I trust that premature birth is ethically and morally off-base. Most women choose to have abortions because the timing was not right or their quality life and situations are not suitable for them to bring a child into this world, in which they become victim to resulting in abortions and forget about their morals humanity “But these quality of life considerations always involve issues of lesser moral weight than that of the conservation

To them an abortion is taking someone’s life and possibly committing a sin. Liberals are the complete opposite they believe that women have the right to decide over their own bodies, and that a fetus is not yet a human life. Therefore, I do not support abortion. My believe is that abortion is taking someone’s life who didn 't ask to be created. In that way, I guess you can say that

Another argument against abortion is that allowing abortion is “legalising killing and legalising killing reduces peoples respect for life” (Levitt, 2005). Reducing the societies respect for life is a bad thing as it could cause and increase in murder rates. Therefore abortion is always wrong. I find these arguments weak as the first argument is repetitive and continuously states that ‘killing is wrong’ which it is however “before 18 weeks old a baby is nothing but a bundle of cells with no pain receptors meaning that the termination of a pregnancy would not be painful for the foetus” (BBC, 2014). The second argument

Abortion takes away unwanted pregnancies from women who would suffer otherwise from the stress and trauma of carrying a child for nine months. Pro- life supporters refuse to see a woman’s situation, reasons, and benefits for getting abortions before assuming cruel things about them. They are ignorant to the reason why many women choose to make the decision they do. Clearly, abortion should remain legal in America; it may seem immoral, but it is frequently the best decision for people put in that situation. Even so, a fetus cannot be compared to a living human being.

It seems to me it would be more accurate to say “The War on Babies.” After all, the mother will not lose her life from an abortion, but her child will. Abortions do not seem fair to me because in following through with an abortion, a child loses their life without having any say in the matter. All

Abortion should be illegal after one month of being pregnant. The number one cause for people getting an abortion is because it isn’t the right time, that to me is stupid because they knew that there was a chance that getting pregnant could happen. If a girl got raped I understand her wanting to get an abortion, but as Frank Pavon said in his article, “Rape and Abortion”, “Will and abortion help her? First of all the abortion will not un-rape the woman. The tragedy has happened and nothing can change the past.