... illustrate why, in times of rape and failed contraception, abortion should be allowed. Mary Anne Warren, in her essay On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion, talks about one of Thomson's analogies and refutes it. Warren believes that banning abortion would be unconstitutional, but disagrees with some of Thomson's ideas ... that abortion is allowable in these two situations and also that opponents "right to life" argument is an invalid one that must be revised. Mary Anne Warren also talks of the rights of an un-born child. She agrees with Thomson's ideas on abortion regarding rape. She ...

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... view, abortion is always wrong. In a liberal view, abortion is always permissible and in a moderate view abortion is in between the two extremes. Mary Anne Warren, who defends the liberal view on abortion, argues that the fetus is not a person. She says that the fetus has very few features that resemble ... said to have significant right to life. Warren believes that a fetus that isn't able to feel pleasure and pain is not considered to be human. According to Warren sentience and viability have a lot to do with the moral status of abortion? Mary Anne Warren believes that one is human in ...

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... the right of a woman to assess her situation and decide if a baby would be either beneficial or harmful to her present life. In Mary Anne Warren's article, On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion, she concludes that " a women's right to protect her health, happiness, freedom, ... an unwanted pregnancy, will always override whatever right to life it may be appropriate to ascribe to a fetus, even a fully developed one"(Warren). This indicates that it should ultimately be their decision whether to go through with the pregnancy or to terminate it. People that are against ... a potential ...

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... mother has the right to terminate a pregnancy, at any time and for any reason. The foetus is no more human than an appendix or liver. Mary Anne Warren's Argument for Abortion is that of a liberal one. In her article, On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion, she writes that " A women ... life, by terminating an unwanted pregnancy, will always override whatever right to life it may be appropriate to ascribe to a foetus, even a fully developed one."" Warren believes that abortion is legitimate because the foetus has not yet fully developed into a person and doesn't yet have moral characte...

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