Abortion: A Story of Morality and Mortality Abortion is currently one of the most controversial and popular social topics in the United States. It's hard to avoid: Billboards line highways with anti-abortion propaganda, pickets and protesters stand outside Planned Parenthoods, and debates about the issue drown out news outlets. It's not that there isn't a reason for this, however, abortion is a very sensitive topic and one that is difficult to take a position on. To make a decision about how to position ourselves on this sensitive issue, it is important to decide from within ourselves what we believe is right and to explore the topic and philosophize about the topic, rather than letting other people's propaganda and beliefs dictate make the decision. for us. Both sides of the argument are valid if the person believes it, it's just important to really make sure we truly believe it because of our ideas and morals. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essayIn "A Defense of Abortion," Judith Jarvis Thomson explains why abortion is morally acceptable in different types of cases. Judith begins by removing the first major argument against abortion: whether or not the fetus is considered a person. He knows this is a difficult topic to define, so he decides to demonstrate why abortion is morally right, claiming that a fetus is a person and that there are still reasons why abortion is right. So, if the fetus is a person and a person has the right to life, how can abortion be moral? Thomson uses analogies and comparisons to demonstrate that other moralities may be stronger in cases of abortion than the unborn child's right to life. Thomson uses a few different analogies to prove his points in defense of abortion, one of them linking pregnancy to being connected to a dying violinist. She says she imagines being kidnapped and connected to a famous dying violinist who can only live if you stay in bed, attached to him, for nine months. Thomson states that, although it is very kind of you, you are not obligated to give up part of your life for the violinist and that you are not responsible for the outcome of his situation. The violinist has the right to life, however, the right for you to live your life outweighs the right for his life and that you are not responsible for his right to life. Although a little dark, this analogy does a good job of creating a scenario where you agree with Thomson, however, this analogy only really works in the case of rape, as the person was kidnapped and did not choose to bond with the violinist. This analogy, for me, was the strongest of the three, but it is limited to just one specific reason to have an abortion. I also think that while his analogies are effective in changing the context and making people see it from another point of view, it's difficult to look at an analogy to something as serious as abortion and see it the same way. it is immoral,” Don Marquis explains why he thinks abortion is immoral, with very few exceptions. For me, this already weakens the whole argument. Although Thomson has weaker arguments for some of his reasoning for why abortion is moral, he at least definitively takes one side of the argument, rather than being mostly for or mostly against it. Like Thomson, Marquis does not address the issue with the main argument of whether or not a fetus is a person. Marquis argues that killing a fetus is just as bad as killing an innocent adult. Marquis says murder is wrong because of what it takes from the victim, not because of how it affects the killer or the victim's family. Murder takes away the victim's future and they lose everything.