Abortion is a very controversial issue in Western society. Not only is it a strong legal issue, but an ethical/moral issue. When is abortion okay and is it really "murder?" When is a fetus operationally defined as a human by the law? Judith Jarvis Thomson points out many key issues on the abortion debate and discusses them in detail in her A Defense of Abortion report. Thomson's first - the "extreme view" - and …showed first 75 words of 997 total…

…showed last 75 words of 997 total…on the premise that the fetus is guaranteed its right to life from the moment of conception, but a fetus is not considered a person at the moment of conception and therefore is not guaranteed a right to life. A fetus should be legally defined as a person at a significant point in its development. Any time after that point, abortion should be deemed impermissible as there is a fine line between abortion and murder.