Sally and Beth share one of Sally's lungs and Beth cannot survive without Sally. Now suppose one day Sally becomes bored with her life. Sally no longer wants too be attached to Beth. If we were to follow the ethics of abortion, it is perfectly within Sally's rights to terminate Beth's life because Beth's survival depends on Sally's body as the fetus depends on the mother. Whether that life is a fetus dependent on his mother, an elderly person dependent on his child, a mentally or physically retarded person, or just another person walking down the street, we have no right to believe we can determine whether or not that life has merit because there is nothing to determine.
All life has merit.
Every person's life has worth because it is a gift from God. This is a fundamental truth that must be accepted. This is the basis for the pro-life movement. Endnotes 1 Baird, Robert M., and Rosenbaum, Stuart E. The Ethics of Abortion. 3 Baird, Robert M., and Rosenbaum, Stuart E. The Ethics of Abortion.