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Judith Jarvis Thomson’s ”A Defense of Abortion”

Theory & Philosophy

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Why Is It Morally Impermissible to Have an Abortion?

If you found this on you top, you're goin to be able to find it in podcast form pretty much anywhere where you get podcast. Or there's a video if you're into that at all. See, ow don't cot cover any more of that stuff. Let's jump into thompson's essay, a defence of abortion. She begins by saying that the question of abortion often hinges upon the question whether or not a fetus is a human, is a baby. Now i should say that this argument only works if you believe in freedom. If you think that people should just be absolutely subordinate to government, to authority, then you aren't going to bye this argument.

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