have absolute right over this separate person. The fetus is not just a glob of protoplasm or an instructive biological force, but it is a distinct living person with a soul. In the article entitled The Moral and Legal Status of Abortion, Mary Anne Warren attempts to move beyond the stalemate in the debate over who is a human. The typical argument against abortion, she claims, begins with the universal truism of moral consideration that it is wrong to kill a human beings. The pro-life advocate then develops a simple syllogism based on this first major premise. These two premises being, Fetuses are innocent human beings. These two premises together force the intellect to conclude that it is wrong to kill a fetus. No matter what way you look at it abortion goes a lot farther then just your religious beliefs. Which brings me to the issue of being a liberal or a conservationist. It is a strange reversal of roles these days for people who call themselves liberal to be supporters of abortion while those who are opposed to abortion are called conservative. Traditionally liberals have championed the cause of people in need, people who fall through the protective social net provided by government. Liberals have supported the working poor and those who can not compete in the marketplace. They have championed individuals rights against economic and political pressure, and provided a voice for those who were voiceless in our society. This is the reason most immigrants were at one time members of the Democratic party in this country. This was the party that looked out for the interests of minority people and their security in a highly competitive society so that the gap between the wealthy and the poor would not continue to widen. This effort resulted in a coalition of diffrent movements in this country labor unions, and social activities in the church as well as liberal politics. Then a strange development began to take place. Somehow the issue of ...
