Beckwith Evaluates Several Arguments for the Permissibility of Abortion and Concludes

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.
-According to Thomson, even if it is permissible for a woman to have an abortion, she does not also have a right to

A) perform the abortion herself.
B) secure the death of the unborn child.
C) defend her life.
D) detach herself from a fetus.

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