Timeline for Is arguing pro choice because "a woman has the right to control her body" invalid?
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| Jan 29, 2019 at 11:41 | comment | added | rus9384 | At first, the argument is valid: 1. The fetus is the part of the woman's body. 2. A woman has full ability to decide what to do with her body parts. 3. Therefore, abortion is legal. What you might argue for is that this argument is unsound, because you do not accept the first premise. And yet, even then you would need to expand: what are the criteria do decide if something is a body part of someone? | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 1:01 | comment | added | Manu de Hanoi | @Dave I have stated in my answer why it makes part of the body | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 1:00 | comment | added | Manu de Hanoi | the argument that the foetus is part of the body is perfectly valid and makes sense. Would you say that sperm and eggs dont make part of the body ? If you have a proper definition of what doesnt make part of the body, you must state it to advance the debate. | |
| May 30, 2017 at 2:39 | comment | added | Dave | The final statement doesn't follow; at least without additional premises. Person is shot, bullet lodges in their body, in most ethical theories, they have the right to prevent doctors from extracting that bullet (assume it would be potentially life threatening to do so) even if it is important evidence in solving the crime. Thus it is not universally the case that everything that is not part of a person's body can not be under that person's control. | |
| May 29, 2017 at 18:33 | history | answered | Guill | CC BY-SA 3.0 |