Abortion:
My topic would be based on an imaginary situation. The situation I’ll present is of a teenager who became pregnant not because of her own will but for her boyfriend’s will when he had forcible sex with her. Judith Thompson and Mary Warren would consider it morally permissible to undergo an abortion in such a circumstance. John Noonan would not consider it morally impermissible depending on the circumstances.
Judith Thompson would answer that it would indeed be morally permissible for the teenager to have and abortion. Thompson would grant, for the sake of argument, that a fetus is a person from the moment of conception. Thompson understands that the fetus has important rights to life; however, her understanding doesn’t necessarily lead to the conclusion that the right to life of the fetus is greater than the rights of the mother. The mother has control over her own body.
In the text book, Thompson uses an example to make her point clear. Thompson talks about a......
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