... the life of a mother. Alas, two articles, On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion and The Wrongs of Abortion, opposing arguments contend whether or not abortions are legalized.While Mary Anne Warren advocates legalization of abortion on the ground that fetuses are not beings with a sense of agency, Peter Simpson disputes that "abortion is a grave moral evil" for myriad ... and phenotypic characteristics. Although the arguments eloquently argue and depict images of their perspectives of abortion and how abortion affects the mother and fetus, I ultimately endorse the opinion presented b...

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... a human being, one could plead that in early stages of development; the fetus is not self-aware and can not communicate which means that it is not a person. According to Mary Anne Warren, there are five central traits to the concept of personhood, consciousness, reasoning, self-motivated activity, the capacity to communicate, and the presence of self-concepts. If following this definition ... ...

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