I'm in an ethics class and I am fairly sure we will be discussing abortion at some point, so I figure I should think about it a little bit. Plus I am pretty passionate about the issue in general.
1. It is always wrong to intentionally kill an innocent human person.
2. All living humans are human persons.
3. A fetus in and from a human mother is human (separate from the mother and not part of her body).
4. Therefore, a human fetus is a human person.
5. Abortion is the intentional killing of a human fetus (fertilized egg to just before live birth for the sake of this argument).
6. Therefore, abortion is wrong.
This argument is certainly valid. It's also sound but that is what we'll be discussing. I'll answer objections instead of trying to defend the premises from the onset. However, I would like to say that even if 1 is wrong, you would still need morally sufficient reasons for killing an innocent person which should be a pretty high bar. If you disagree with 2 then you better give some pretty good and impartial reasons. If you disagree with 3 go read a science book and 5 is pretty much the definition of an abortion.
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