Exploring the moral permissibility of abortion : progressive fetal personhood and rights

• Main Author: Choo, Dorothy Shu Yi
• Other Authors: Olav Benjamin Vassend
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::General::Moral and ethical aspects
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73539
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis assesses the moral permissibility of abortion in relation to the problem of abortion – the difficulty in defining the moral status of the fetus. As opposed to generalizing the moral status of the fetus as a non-person or a person, I argue that a fetus gains personhood progressively. Thro...