The Ethics of Abortion

The moral permissibility of abortion is an issue of utmost controversy and debate in both the philosophical community and in the general public. There are people that believe that abortion is never permissible in any circumstance. Others believe that abortion is always and only permissible if the mother chooses to abort. And there are those who stand in the middle with beliefs that abortions can be ethically sound in certain situations. I will first examine Don Marquis's article entitled "Why Abortion is Immoral." …