Beckwith Evaluates Several Arguments for the Permissibility of Abortion and Concludes

question 13

Multiple Choice

Beckwith evaluates several arguments for the permissibility of abortion and concludes that they all fail. He finds fault with the argument from a woman's right over her own body, the argument from abortion being safer than childbirth, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's famous "violinist" argument.
-Beckwith thinks that compared to childbirth, abortions are

• A) safer.
• B) less traumatic.
• C) riskier.
• D) better.

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