Health Sciences 2610F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 4-6: Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
11 Apr 2014
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No woman is morally required to allow a fetus to develop to term. Because it requires the person to make large sacrifices to keep another person alive. Hence, aborting a fetus and detaching one"s body from it is morally permissible. The right to life can"t depend on whether pregnancy resulted from a voluntary or involuntary sexual act, because no property intrinsic to the fetus justifies this distinction. Insofar as an individual"s right to life does not depend on how that individual came into existence, the argument from responsibility is not a successful argument against. )although it is permissible to detach one"s body from the fetus through abortion, it is not permissible to guarantee the death of a baby once it is born. The right to an abortion does not entail the right to commit infanticide. Important to acknowledge the distinction between negative rights and positive rights.
