Abortion Defined
Two arguments of abortion
Definition of the Pro-Choice argument
Generally supports the right to choose whether to continue or end a pregnancy
Pro-life advocates use this term to describe the unborn human individual living inside the womb
The pre-born child of fetus
3 argumentative strategies
Argument from Elimination, Personhood Argument, The Sanctity of Life
3 issues influencing an individual may consider abortion
Finance, emotion, sexual harassment
Debate on abortion that generally views abortion as morally wrong, either in most circumstances or in all circumstances
What stance does the Sanctity of Life promote?
Pro-Life
2 methods to abortion
Medication & procedural
3 main emphases of Pro-Choice advocates
Bodily autonomy, personal freedom, and individual circumstances
Pro-life advocates argue that human life scientifically begins at this exact biological milestone
Conception (fertilization)
Emphasis of the Sanctity of Life argument
Emphasizes the value of all human life and how all humans have the right to life
The three stages of a fetus in which abortion is defined
Zygotic, embryonic, and fetal
The argument that states: Even if someone has a right to life, they do not necessarily have the right to use another person’s body to survive.
The Violinist Argument
2 main Pro-Life arguments
Sanctity of Life Argument & Future of Value Argument
Definition of the Personhood Argument
All and only persons have moral rights, such as right to life. fetuses are not persons therefor do not have moral rights, such as the right to life
2 main ethical concern/questions of abortion
Bodily autonomy & moral status of the fetus
Defintion of the Right to Life vs. Right to Choose Argument
A fetus’s potential right to life does not automatically override the pregnant person’s right to control their body
The only circumstance in which some pro-life debaters allow abortion
When the pregnant person's life is at risk
Definition of the Argument from Elimination
An argument that starts by listing all of the possible options then eliminates all but one of the options, thus concluding that the last option standing must be the case