In this article I will discuss the pro-abortion argument presented by Judith Thomson. The main idea of Thomson's argument is that abortion is morally permissible. In supporting his position, Thomson presents several arguments regarding the implications of the right to life which, in his opinion, the anti-abortion campaign may have focused on. While I will explain his arguments, I will also try to criticize his point of view on the subject. As Thomson notes, most common arguments about abortion aim to define whether or not a fetus is a person. This type of argument, according to Thomson, does not lead to the conclusion whether abortion is permitted or not. Therefore, for the sake of his arguments, he assumes that a fetus is a person from the moment of conception. Since the fetus is a person and a person has the right to life, the fetus also has the right to life. Rather than arguing for or against such a statement, Thomson approaches it by evaluating the right to life and criticizing the false implications it might have on the right to life. The first implication is that the idea that the right to life can prevail over any other right. that come into conflict with it. This means that your personal rights will not matter when compared to my right to life. This is the extreme view, according to which abortion is still not allowed even if the mother could die carrying the fetus, since the fetus has the right to life. Thomson disputes this implication of the right to life and proposes a scenario in which the mother can act to save her own life. In his scenario of the growing child, the little house in which you and this child are stuck is similar to a mother's womb. If you continue to let the child grow, you will die crushed but nothing will happen......middle of paper......my if it is an unjust murder? With this topic, Thomson addresses the most common cases, in which women are aware of the risks of pregnancy when they voluntarily engage in sexual activities. Having knowledge of the risks but the woman continues to engage in such activities, wouldn't this make her, at least, partially responsible for granting the fetus the right to use her body? In the people seed scenario, a person has taken all precautionary measures to prevent people seed from drifting in, yet a seed takes root inside the house. Thomson argues that the owner of the house cannot be fully responsible for this seed that will become a person. In response to those who argue that the owner could have lived without windows, Thomson proposes that women could also have a hysterectomy to avoid becoming pregnant in the event of rape..
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