Pro Choice (arguing from a self-ownership position)

Self-ownership is fundamentally about self-determination and self-determination including the right to control one"s physical body and have control over one"s mind and the ability to control your well-being. Both sides agree murder, killing, or anything even resembling the abuse is wrong. Where Pro and Con differ is where place out focus. Those who equate abortion with murder tend to frame their arguments and attention on the rights of the fetus. This is where the mistake lies. Any moral claims rest with the woman and her physical body. Pro-Life advocates believe the fetus/embryo has a legitimate claim to the inside of a woman"s physical body. In Mandatory Motherhood, biologist Garrett Hardin wrote that in the case of an unwanted pregnancy, the choice dichotomy that says the choice for a woman is either abortion or no abortion fails to account for the reality of the situation. In reality, the women with unwanted pregnancies face a much more stark decision, either abortion or compulsory childbearing. While abortion is never a desirable outcome, something treated lightly, if a woman decides to make a decision, a choice over her body, she determines is the best course then we need to ask ourselves whether an autonomous free agent have claim of her body or does the fetus claiming the body of the woman? Pro takes the side of women and the fundamental right to have control and choice over your body. However, let me concede something to the other side: they have had more influence over the language of the debate than has been my own side. That said, Pro wants to move away from thinking about abortion in terms of a medical procedure or as a desire not to be pregnant but rather as a right to self-ownership and self-determination to control one"s body, and in concrete terms this includes free not to be coerced or compel to use it against one"s will. Moreover, they have been able to use certain terms interchangeably without addressing their specific meaning. The DNA encoded in the fertilized egg has special code and this information tell the woman"s body to develop in a specific manner. However, this does not bolster the claim that the fetus or embryo is a person, an independence separate from the mother. According to dictionary definition person means "a self-conscious or rational being," which means a person, but not a fetus or embryo, can make conjectures about this or that, have desires, and assume responsibility for decision and choices. A person is different from a fetus or embryo because a person uses cognition and independent perception to understand and make meaning of their world. The fetus or embryo has no comparable experience. For Pro, this shows way having an abortion is not analogous to murdering another human being. And also shows why deciding either to have an abortion is not analogous or similar in any sense to killing a newborn child. Children are able form, perhaps unsophisticated, perceptual patterns to evaluate and develop their own separate reality. And children even newborns respond to world around them. The embryo and fetus require the physical womb and cannot are not capable of independent action. Lastly, let me end on a point of agreement. Hopefully, everyone agrees with the notion that life along with respect and dignity of life and persons is essential to a function family, country, and world. With that said, while Pro and Con are likely to remain at a deadlock over whether a fertilized egg constitutes. But if you are serious about respect life and providing the best opportunities for all then at some level you have to ask whether it would be better to bring another life into the world if they are unwanted. The woman, her body, and independent agency is the one who chooses. The fetus or embryo lack the concept of I or self-reflexive thought, they cannot speculate or weight the decision of existence or non-existence. No this responsibility and very difficult choice remains with the woman. In the end, the fundamental right resides with the woman, her responsibility over her body, mind and choice of action to believe the opposite denies self-ownership and self-determination, which I have argued are fundamental to be human and fundamental to happiness.