What Role Does the Claim That a Fetus Is a Person

question 798

Multiple Choice

What role does the claim that a fetus is a person with the right to life play in Thomson's paper?

• A) Thomson argues for the claim.
• B) Thomson argues against the claim.
• C) Thomson uses the claim as a premise to argue that abortion is morally wrong.
• D) Thomson argues that the claim does not entail that abortion is morally wrong.

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