Abortion: Ms. Warren and Mr. Marquis

The authors differ in that Ms. Warren presented a legal argument and Mr. Marquis
presented a moral argument. This is not to say that Ms. Warren didn't probe the moral
implications of the subject but only as to clarify for whom our morals serve.
Ms. Warren argued that an important step in finding a solution to the moral debate of
abortion would be to define what we consider a "human person". She believes that "the
term human has two distinct...senses" a moral sense and a genetic sense. (Rachels RTD
98-99). With a clear definition in place we can then argue whether a fetus is a human
perso…