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Ep. 301: Is Abortion Morally Permissible? (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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Is There a Right to Abortion?

Judith Tardeth Thompson believes that the fetus has already become a human person well before birth. She makes various revisions to her argument, but it really is trying to use this analogy as a way to explore what obligations we have to other persons. All persons have a right to life and violinist are persons granted you have aright to decide what happens in and to your body. But a person's right to life outweighs you a right to decide what happening in and toyour body.

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