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Abortion is a morally controversial issue that raises many questions about the value of life. According to Philosopher Donald Marquis, killing an adult is morally wrong. He then brings this to the question, that why then would killing a fetus be right, yet it deprives them of all their lives enjoyment and experiences as it would killing an adult (Velasquez, 554). In his argument, he comes up with two concepts. In the first idea, fetuses cannot value their lives which bring him to the conclusion that the fetuses lives are not theirs to value. Donald Marquis believes that the lives of the fetuses should not be taken for granted just because they do not know the values of their lives at that time. Donald Marquis also believes that a fetus cannot value its life unless it expresses the interest towards its life, and it cannot possibly show this interest in its unborn state. Upon its birth and upbringing, if it feels the need to end its life, then the value of that person’s life (the fetus) will be its own. Valesquez in his book Philosophy: A Text with Readings, notes Marquis emphasizes the importance of preserving each fetuses’ life as one would protect the lives of adults (Velasquez, 554). Marquis believes that these two concepts both have a similar mistake and that just because a fetus does not value its life before birth, it does not mean that it necessarily does not want it. His concept is however opposed to the idea of using contraceptives. Marquis argues that pregnancy, which has been prevented by the use of contraceptives, is different from a pregnancy terminated through abortion (Marquis, 184). A pregnancy prevented through the use of contraceptives, would, in
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