Philosophy In Utero

  This will be a summary of a journal called Were you a part of your mother? that discusses two different views on the relationship between a pregnant person and a fetus. This journal entry refers to the pregnant person as the gravida and the fetus as the foster, so I will be referring to them with those terms as well. One view is the containment view and the other is the parthood view. The containment view seems to be a fairly commonly held view, one that I have seen both sides of the argument hold, so I will be focusing on the parthood view. I believe that the parthood view has a stronger logical standing. I will be summarizing it below by following the four criteria presented for what makes something a whole organism and what is a part of that whole organism. Following that will be the objections and how they can be addressed. I will not address every piece of criteria presented, but will do my best to condense down key points of this 55 minute read. Here is a mini table of conten

Why Is Abortion Compared to the Nazi Holocaust? This webpage is a defense of why the prolife side is justified in comparing abortion to the Holocaust. When I first saw this page, after only reading the first couple of paragraphs, it deeply disturbed me and made me sick. I wanted to revisit it at another time, when I was more level headed. I am glad I did. Its complete rubbish. Here is my rebuttal. I recommend reading the whole webpage, but I did included quotes of the parts I offered rebuttals to as indicated by the arrow bracket >  >Pro-choice adherents usually object when pro-lifers refer to an American “abortion Holocaust.”  Abortion exists everywhere... >If the comparison were obviously false, it should soon fall into disuse. However, if pro‑abortionists feel driven to denounce it with such vehemence, we can conclude that it is at least partially true or they wouldn’t feel so threatened by it.  By this standard, since anti abortionists feel driven to denounce abortion with