The Importance Of Saving A Woman's Life

As humans, we are given different rights that are meant to provide us with a chance at a good life. However, these rights can become compromised when it comes to conflicts between a pregnant woman and her fetus. The right of the fetus to live is seen as inferior to the right of the mother to have an abortion. Although each of the rights is different, it is not appropriate to say that one citizen’s rights are more superior than another citizen’s rights.

Most abortion arguments discussed today revolve around the premise that a fetus is a human being at conception. In Judith Thomson’s essay, “A Defense to Abortion”, she argues on the topic of abortions. She defends the mother’s right to choose what happens to her body on the assumption that a baby becomes a human at conception. In the argument, she gives the famous Violinist analogy. I will argue in this essay that her argumentative analogy is not sound because of the difference in social importance.

One of the most famous arguments against the pro-life position is Judith Thomson’s “Violinist Analogy,” in which you, the reader are attached, against your will, to a famous unconscious violinist in order to prevent his dying from a kidney ailment. There have been many articles written about the Violinist Analogy. In her 1971 essay, “A Defense of Abortion” Thomson makes several other arguments against the pro-life position. In this paper, I will look at the entirety of her essay and suggest reasons why it may not stand up to scrutiny today.

Before Roe v. wade the number of deaths from illegal abortions was around 5000 and in the 50s and 60s the number of illegal abortions ranged from 200,000 to 1.2 million per year. These illegal abortions pose major health risks to the life of the woman including damage to the bladder, intestines as well as rupturing of the uterus. The choice to become a mother must be given to the woman most importantly because it’s her body, her health, and she will be taking on a great responsibility. A woman’s choice to choose abortion should not be restricted by anyone; there are multiple reasons why abortion will be the more sensible decision for the female.

Her well-developed and valid premise holds value and presents a strongly reasoned argument, backed by extensive research she conducted. Premises and Rationales Tanya Luhrmann upholds her evidence behind every premise regarding abortions, the unfair treatment of the fetus, and “Pro-Life” beliefs. She explains that, “...the issue that provokes such anger surrounds the fetus’s right to life--its status as a potential human being” (Luhrmann, 1979, p. 1). Luhrmann addresses the importance of legalizing and creating safe procedures during abortions

In “A Defense of Abortion,” Judith Thomson argues with a unique approach regarding the topic of abortion. For the purpose of the argument, Thomas agrees to go against her belief and constructs an argument based on the idea that the fetus is a person at conception. She then formulates her arguments concerning that the right to life is not an absolute right. There are certain situations where abortion is morally permissible. She believes that the fetus’s right to life does not outweigh the right for the woman to control what happens to her own body.

Pro-lifers frequently use the claim of this fetal personhood, arguing that we should give ‘persons’ in the womb the same rights as a person outside of it. However, when these opponents of abortion couple this belief with the facts about the prevalence of miscarriage, they are faced with a dilemma (Berg 2017, 1219). Treating miscarriages as if it is one in the same as the death of a born person is an argument that will not be made by pro-lifers, as it would show their hypocrisy. A different argument that has some traction is one to do with animal rights, a perfect, well-thought-out essay on this claim is Dilemmas in Social Philosophy: Abortion and Animal Rights written by Kathie Jenni in the Social Theory & Practice, vol. 20 spring collection from 1994. Within the essay Jenni mentions Carol Adams who also addressed fetal sentence but embraced a pro-choice

Columns of commentary favoring abortion rights outnumber those opposing abortion by a margin of more than 2 to 1 on the op-ed pages of most of the nation's major daily newspapers. Overall coverage of abortion tends to be presented, perhaps subconsciously, from the abortion- rights perspective. The reasons why women have abortions are diverse and vary across the world. Some of the most common reasons are to postpone childbearing to a more suitable time or to focus energies and resources on existing children. In addition to this, being unable to afford a child either in terms of the direct costs of raising a child or the loss of income while caring for the child, the lack of support from the father, inability to afford additional children, desire to provide schooling for existing children, disruption of one's own education, relationship problems with their partner, a perception of being too young to have a child, unemployment, and not being willing to raise a child conceived as a result of rape or incent ,are all the sensitive causes of this growing trend.

The common belief among many people is that abortion is murder. I disagree. Abortion is not murder. Abortion cannot be considered murder, first, because it is the woman’s body in which the fetus resides. Secondly, abortion is not murder because there are reasons such as rape and possible birth defects that can contribute to the idea of having an abortion.

The loss of life is a great lose one can suffer from. The loss of life deprives the individual from experiences, projects, activities and enjoyments that would have been part of his/her future. So killing is wrong because it deprives the individual from his future. 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.

One of the most significant negative aspects surrounding abortion is the ethical dilemma it poses concerning potential human life. Many opponents of abortion argue that life begins at conception, and therefore, terminating a pregnancy is tantamount to ending a developing human being's life. This viewpoint raises profound moral questions about the right to life and the value of each individual, regardless of their stage of development. The contentious nature of this issue lies in the varying perspectives on when personhood or moral status begins, with some advocating for strict protection from the moment of conception and others focusing on the point of viability or birth.

“Abortion -should it be a right of every woman in the present context- A critical analysis” 1. Introduction I elected to present my dissertation on a topic based on ‘abortion’ since it is a hidden social menace in our society. It is like an iceberg. The tip represents the reported abortions, which everyone sees.

(Tanner) Pro-choice defenders also say that it is the woman 's right to choose to have the baby or not, forgetting the baby 's rights. The life of a human being begins at the moment of conception, and it is not the fetus´s fault if the mother wasn 't ready to have a baby or if the situation in which baby was conceived wasn 't ideal. For example, if the baby is conceived by rape, the baby should not pay the consequences of other people, he or she has not done anything wrong .”Compassion for the mothers is extremely important, but it is never

ABORTION The term “abortion” or “to abort” in a narrow sense means the end of or the termination of the pregnancy so as to stop the birth of the child. In a broad sense abortion indicates the end of the pregnancy in an abrupt manner and thus, the prenatal human or the fertilized egg known as foetus is expelled from the womb before it is developed sufficiently to survive . The broader meaning includes the two aspects- 1. First aspect of the meaning includes the spontaneous or the sudden discharge/expulsion of foetus before its sufficient growth to survive, resulting in stoppage of the birth of the child which is termed as miscarriage.

Besides the fact that we are all humans, women should also think that the fact of carrying the fetus for nine months is probably a small cost for a whole life with risks, neither with psychological problems nor medical complications. By banning abortion, women are also being prohibited to take “shortcuts” to get rid of the baby and are demonstrating maturity by choosing other options as adoption if they don’t want to raise the child. Moreover, and probably the most important argument, is that you will never know how successful and incredible your future human could be if you never give them the chance and right to