In Judith Jarvis Thompson's essay, “A Defense on Abortion”, she explains her views on the topic by outlining the most common arguments that people defend, as well as providing examples of situations that support her opinions. Thompson states her agreement or disagreement with each view on abortion and gives a reason or explanation as to why. The main arguments that she outlines are those on whether or not a fetus is a “person”, and the battle between the value of innocent life and the bodily rights of the mother. Thompson offers excellent examples, putting a new perspective on the mindsets people may take when considering abortion. Thompson also challenges the reader to answer difficult questions for themselves, rather than to lay her beliefs outright on the table.
Thompson opens her essay by saying that the common defense of most anti-abortionists is that the fetus is a person, and she says that this defense is not well argued (p. 47). She disagrees with this because she......
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