abortion ethics

Abortion Ethics
The abortion debate can take on many views and one’s perspective essentially depends upon the individualistic morals and beliefs of that person. Much argument revolves around whether the unborn is a human life or not and if it is – how much value it possess, in more exceptional cases whether abortion can be justified or if this then makes it O.K. to apply the same criteria to exceptional cases of killing the severely ill, comatose, etc. In this paper, I am going to prove to be true the position: the unborn is in fact a human life which the killing of is permissible since it is not a person; thus, its value does not override the value of a women’s freedom. A position consistent with the views of Marry Anne Warren and discounting the notion’s of Philip Devine and the ‘moderate feminist position’.
Opposing this position, Devine supports the view that it is not right to kill the unborn human life since its value as a person overrides the value o...