... usually base their argument around the fact that a woman should be free to choose what happens to her own body. Freedom of choice is considered by many people as a basic human right and nobody should have this right denied. One philosopher who believes that abortion is morally permissible is Mary Anne Warren. She argues that prohibiting abortion can lead to tragic consequences itself, with hundreds of thousands of women, worldwide, dying from illegal abortions or suffering complications which may lead to infertility. Thus prohibiting abortion may itself be morally unjust. Helen Evans However, objections to her argument are strong and anti-abortion protesters argue that having the right to control your own body does not mean you have the right to destroy a fetus, as all human beings have the right to life. Warren challenges this argument, using the basis of Judith Jarvis Thomson's claim that even if all human ...

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