In breaking down these arguments, natural science claims that life begins at conception. The belief is that the “human personhood begins from the unicellular zygote…” (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Science has proven that as soon as conception occurs, human DNA is present. Life has started. Arguments happen when it comes to the meaning of that life. Is it sustainable? Is that life able to make its own choices? Does it have rights? Does it have the right to have life at this point or is it the mother’s choice? The viewpoint of life at …show more content…
Are they regarded as human life? If no, then what stops people from killing the mentally handicapped in our society? The most compelling argument for abortion is denying the fact that a fetus is a human life regardless of their capability of life after birth. If this viewpoint is held, then all fetuses can be aborted.
The perspective of the natural value of a fetus is the other side of the coin. Many pro-abortionists hold in saying that the fetus is not a person. What value does a fetus have if they are indeed not a person? Their argument is because many do not believe that there is actually a second person involved in this choice. The age old bantering of ‘facts’ is because life does exist but yet these different perspectives don’t allow proof for their reasoning minds. People cannot settle on an age of legalized abortion because the proof really is there claiming there is life, but many want to say that this life is a