BIO 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Guppy, Fetus
23 Mar 2020
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Warren explains that a person doesn"t need to have all of these qualities to be considered a human, but rather to have some combination in order to define personhood. Warren believes that any being which satisfies none of 1-5 is certainly not a person (vaughn, 390): what is her argument for abortion, warren argues that abortion is always morally permissible. She argues on the idea that a fetus is not person like. she compares a fetus to the average mature mammal. Warren believes that the argument in placing legal limits on when the abortion can happen based on the stage of pregnancy is no longer valid due to the increases in technology. The health and safety of the mother is no longer a valid argument. She disagrees with the idea that legalizing abortion would erode the level of respect for human life because this can be combatted with education.
