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A Defense of Abortion is a moral philosophy essay by Judith Jarvis Thomson first published in Philosophy & Public Affairs in 1971. Granting for the sake of argument that the fetus has a right to life, Thomson uses thought experiments to argue that the right to life does not include, entail, or imply the right to use someone else's body to survive and that induced abortion is therefore morally permissible. Thomson's argument has critics on both sides of the abortion debate,[1][2] but it continues to receive defense.[3] Despite criticism, "A Defense of Abortion" remains highly influential.[4]
- ^ Tooley 1972; Warren 1973; Steinbock 1992, p. 78; McMahan 2002.
- ^ Schwarz 1990, chap. 8; Beckwith 1993, chap. 7; Lee 1996, chap. 4.
- ^ Kamm 1992; Boonin 2003, chap. 4.
- ^ Moran 2023.