Logically, the abortion debate begins with the moral status of the fetus. Scientific studies tell us that it is a fact of nature that human life begins at conception. Upon fertilization a one celled life form is made that contains twenty-three chromosomes from each parent. These chromosomes contain the genetic code for every detail of individual human development. At this time the fertilized egg will begin to mature and grow. Whether this egg or embryo has the same rights that a full grown human has is the main question. Until the fetus is considered viable it has no rights at all as a hu

It is seen that the fetus does not resemble a person based on the moral sense. The fetus inside the womb is considered a “potential” person. The fact is “if nurtured and allowed to develop naturally it will very probably become a person” (Pojman, p.546). At the time that it is within the womb of the mother it is developing and maturing. When it is still at that stage the fetus cannot be considered a human. A human is able to survive on its own, but while the fetus is still in the mother’s womb it is relying on her for its survival. A potential person still has the risk of dieing inside the womb of the mother. The mother might get into a car accident or be attacked by someone. In doing that the fetus dies within the womb. Is that considered to be murder of a human being? The fetus inside of the mother is a “potential” human being. It has not fully developed and gone through the stages to be completely considered a human. Even if this potential person is said to have rights, they will never “outweigh the right of a woman to obtain an abortion” (Pojman, p.547). The mother’s rights are greater since she has been around longer and has started living a life of her own. She has established herself as a person, and has worked to get where she is. It should always be the mothers and her physicians decision wither an abortion is necessary.

One of the common rejections found in my argument is deciding when someone is considered human. In Noonan’s essay he states “once conceived, the being was recognized as man because he has man’s potential” (Pojman, p.538). The word potential in the dictionary means to be capable of being, but not yet in existence. In this case, this potential being that Noonan considers a man in fact does not even exist. In my argument a fetus is not considered a human until it is removed from the mother’s womb and has the ability to survive without the complete dependence of the mother. In order to live day in and day out we depend on certain things. For example when one wakes up in the morning sometimes they depend on coffee to get their day started. However, without this coffee the individual is not going to die, they might just move a little slower. In our case, without the mot

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