An Explication of Judith Jarvis Thomopson's "A Defense of Abortion"

Abortion has been a very controversial issue since the time it was legalized. People disagree about whether a zygote, embryo, or fetus is a human person. There is a consensus among the pro-life people that a newborn is a human person. They believe that any form of human life that is also a person, and thereby has civil rights, includes the right to life. People have different opinions about the stage at which human life …showed first 75 words of 3267 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3267 total…right for the mother to bear the child to full term. If the child is the product of consensual sex, then the couple should be able to take responsibility for their actions. Now, if the child is a product of rape and the such, how is it the fault of the life that has already started to form? The damage has already been done to the victim. Why should it be worsened by another trauma?