Ideas from 'A Defense of Abortion' by Judith (Jarvis) Thomson [1971], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Ethics for Modern Life' (ed/tr Abelson,R./Friquegnon,M) [St Martin's 1987,0-312-26602-2]].

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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion

4058	Is someone's right to life diminished if they were conceived by a rape?

4062	No one is morally required to make huge sacrifices to keep someone else alive for nine months

4059	It can't be murder for a mother to perform an abortion on herself to save her own life

4057	A newly fertilized ovum is no more a person than an acorn is an oak tree

4695	Maybe abortion can be justified despite the foetus having full human rights [Foot]

4696	The foetus is safe in the womb, so abortion initiates its death, with the mother as the agent. [Foot]

4060	The right to life does not bestow the right to use someone else's body to support that life

4061	The right to life is not a right not to be killed, but not to be killed unjustly