Is Abortion Morally Permissible - 1879 Words

Abortion is morally permissible in all cases; regardless of how the pregnancy came about. The question of whether the fetus is granted personhood at conception or anytime during its development is entirely irrelevant. The right to control your own body often trumps someone’s right to life. Even if you declare personhood to the fetus, it does not determine the morality of abortion. Whether it is â€Å"killing an innocent child† or not does not take away the fact that this country has time and time again proven that the right to control our property nevertheless our body is much more weighted on the scale of what has more value when put up against an individual’s right to life. Just like how you can not be forced to donate a kidney to save†¦show more content†¦The director of the hospital apologizes for what the Society of Music Lovers had done and said the hospital would not have allowed it if they had known; however, the violinist would only have to be attached for nine months and by then the violinist would have fully recovered and would be unplugged. The violinist story is used as an analogy that sums up the burden an involuntary pregnancy can be, especially when it is forced upon you against your will. The individual represents a victim of rape who became pregnant non-voluntarily. The violinist being the fetus and the Society of Music Lovers, the rapist. In both the violinist story and the case of where the 15 year old girl was raped and became pregnant, the actions that took place were involuntary. The difference being that when reading the violinist story the most common reaction is outrage that someone’s body was tampered with without consent. No one would call the individual a â€Å"monster† for demanding to be removed from the violinist. Detaching from the violinist is the individual asserting his or her right to control his or her body even though the violinist is a person and the consequence would be its d eath. Being attached would interfere with any educational or career plans that were put in place before the operation. Staying attached for the nine months would obviously