A Defense of Abortion by Judith Jarvis Thomson (1971)
A Defense of Abortion by Judith Jarvis Thomson (1971) Most opposition to abortion relies on the premise that the fetus is a human being, a person, from the moment of conception. The premise is argued for, but, as I ... Let us call the view that abortion is impermissible even to save the mother's life "the extreme view." I want to suggest first ...
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