Don Marquis' "Why Abortion Is Immoral"

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This paper discusses abortion from the point of view of both pro-life and pro-choice supporters. The author points out that Marquis suggests that it is immoral to abort a fetus based on the fact that it is immoral to kill a person. The paper stresses that until there is solid proof of when a person becomes a person, the right of the living (mother-to-be) should supersede the rights of a fetus.

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"What makes killing a person wrong? Do the same considerations make destroying a fetus wrong as well? This paper will argue that abortion is moral and until there is clear evidence of when a fetus becomes a person the living (mother to be) ought to have the right to choose. In other words, the rights of the living should supersede the rights of a fetus. According to the author, Don Marquis, of "Why Abortion Is Immoral," abortion is wrong because is constitutes the loss of the fetus' future life, a life similar to that of most people, thus making abortion morally wrong for the same reasons that killing a person is morally wrong."

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