Abortion (against)

According to the dictionary, ‘Abortion (noun) is an operation to remove an unborn child from the womb before it has developed enough to survive.’ How can a woman murder her unborn child? Many couples want to have a child, but fate doesn’t allow them. There are a lot of reasons why some women choose to … Read more

A Defense of Abortion: Three Controversial Thought Experiments

 The debate over whether abortion is permissible continues to be an ongoing controversy long after the United States Supreme Court’s seven-two ruling on Roe v. Wade in 1973. The Justice’s ruled that abortions are a “fundamental right.” According to American moral philosopher, Judith Thomson’s ‘A Defense of Abortion,’ those opposed to abortion base their … Read more

Defending Abortion without Infanticide: Introducing Tooley and Thomson's Perspectives

 I will begin this essay by using Warren’s definition of abortion – ‘the act a woman performs in deliberately terminating her pregnancy before it comes to term, or in allowing another person to terminate it.’  In this essay, I will be offering short introductions to Warren, Tooley’s, and Thomson’s arguments surrounding abortion and then … Read more

The legalisation of abortion

The legalisation of abortion is an ongoing debate between pro-lifers and abortion supporters. Both sides of the argument views, are influenced by their values, beliefs and faith. Nearly 60% of women aged between 14 and 44 experience atleast 1 unindented pregnancy and around 43% of women will have an abortion. In every state in Australia, … Read more

Abortion in urban and rural areas

Introduction Abortion has become increasingly common in contemporary American society, however, rural areas, have significantly lower abortion rates compared to other urban cities. This has indubitably sparked conversations in regards to what factors might correlate with the variety of abortion rates across the nations. In particular, there has been an abundance of concerns that continued … Read more