Thomson grants for the sake of argument that the fetus has a right to life
Thomson says, abortion does not violate the fetus's legitimate rights, but merely deprives the fetus of something—the use of the pregnant woman's body and life-support functions—to which it has no right.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defense_of_Abortion
This has a real sleaziness to it. Her argumentation is to separate into two, something that cannot logically be separated.
It's like saying you have a "right to breathe all you want from our oxygen rich biosphere," ... while in outer space.
I'll say this again, because it has just struck me so strongly, and it is so strange. What is it about our society that we have people so passionately arguing for killing off our progeny?
Thomson grants for the sake of argument that the fetus has a right to life
Thomson says, abortion does not violate the fetus's legitimate rights, but merely deprives the fetus of something—the use of the pregnant woman's body and life-support functions—to which it has no right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defense_of_Abortion
This has a real sleaziness to it. Her argumentation is to separate into two, something that cannot logically be separated.
It's like saying you have a "right to breathe all you want from our oxygen rich biosphere," ... while in outer space.
I'll say this again, because it has just struck me so strongly, and it is so strange. What is it about our society that we have people so passionately arguing for killing off our progeny?