Abortion Is Every Woman's Right
The abortion of a pregnancy is every woman’s right. Rights are special subclass of moral principles. Moral principles are identified and recognized by rational thought about human action. A right (meaning an individual right, which means the right of an individual) is a moral principle entitling an individual to act in a particular way in the presence of other people. Rights concern what individuals must be allowed, by others, to do, morally speaking. When I say "I have a right to do X", I mean "If you try to stop me from doing X, you should be stopped, by force, and the government should assist me in stopping you. Your actions against me should not and shall not stand." To violate someone's right is a grave moral error, with serious, dangerous, or even fatal consequences. With that in mind, in the context of a woman being pregnant, how might individual rights apply? A woman, before she becomes pregnant, is an individual. Does becoming pregnant change this? No...