By definition, abortion refers to the ending of a pregnancy by removal of fetus from the uterus of the mother before the embryo can survive its own. As an added note, abortion can be categorized into two types. One is natural abortion otherwise known as a miscarriage. In this case, the fetus is rejected by the mother’s body and does not survive to term. In some circles, this considered an act of God and therefore moral. The other is induced abortion. Induced abortion is an act done purposefully for either health reasons or other personal reasons. The last definition is where society has been divided and has caused a monumental debate as the case for and against abortion when done purposefully has ignited society’s deepest outlooks. Many philosophers …show more content…
• Abortion denies the unborn fetus a future of value.
• Abortion is not morally right in most of the cases.
To Marquis, every human life from the point of conception has a future. That every life has a destiny to shape the world around it and to contribute to society as they grow. Depriving that person a future like ours by abortion is akin to murder and denies society of its effects upon the world. Everyone has right to life and so abortion by its very nature violates moral rights
To counter Marquis’ writing, Ms. Thompson rebuts with simple yet effective arguments – by actually agreeing “for the sake of the argument” that the premise that Marquis writes about a human embryo be that of a person, she wins her argument. She writes that although she “agrees”, Marquis basic argument cannot justify that all instances of abortion is morally wrong. As such, while she writes:
“The fetus is a person and every person has a right to life.
Therefore, the fetus has a right to life.
The mother has a right to decide what happens in and to her