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The pro-life (anti-abortion) position is typically framed as some variation of the following syllogism: | The pro-life (anti-abortion) position is typically framed as some variation of the following syllogism: | ||
An embryo or fetus is a | An embryo or fetus is a person. | ||
Taking a | Taking the life of a person is morally wrong. | ||
Therefore, abortion is morally wrong. | Therefore, abortion is morally wrong. | ||
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''(This section needs elaboration.)'' | ''(This section needs elaboration.)'' | ||
Philosophical responses to the pro-life position generally take one of two forms. The first relies on the right of a woman to bodily autonomy, which feminists argue supersedes the right of a fetus to life. The second response directly critiques the pro-life argument itself, in particular the concept of fetal or embryonic personhood. | Philosophical responses to the pro-life position generally take one of two forms. The first relies on the right of a woman to bodily autonomy, which feminists argue supersedes the right of a fetus to life. The second response directly critiques the pro-life argument itself, in particular the concept of fetal or embryonic personhood. | ||
=== Fetal personhood === | |||