Argument for abortion

The issue of abortion is one of the hottest cases debated among politicians, philosophers, and all others everyday. In his essay entitled Why Abortion is Immoral, Donald Marquis adds his point of view to this much-debated topic. He acknowledges the fact that this is a difficult topic to resolve and that there are strong arguments in support of both anti-abortion, and pro-choice. Marquis defines the purpose of his essay as "developing a general argument for …

…point: 1. If it is theoretically wrong to kill me (or you, the reader), then it is theoretically wrong to abort a fetus. 2. It is theoretically wrong to kill me (or you) 3. Therefore, it is wrong to abort a fetus. He goes on to justify, although obvious, the fact that killing me, or you the reader, is wrong, and then how he equates a fetus to be considered in the same category as an adult human.