Which of the Following Arguments Is Often Used to Support

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following arguments is often used to support the view that abortion is immoral even when it is necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman?

• A) The fetus is an innocent person and directly killing an innocent person is murder, which is absolutely impermissible.
• B) Our moral obligations to the unborn outweigh our obligations to adult human beings.
• C) We have no obligation to prevent a person from dying (the mother), while we do have an obligation to refrain from directly killing an innocent person (the fetus).
• D) All of the above

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