Discussion of the permissibility of euthanasia

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1. Thomson argues that abortion is morally permissible on the basis of the ambiguities concerning personhood.

2. Marquis' pro-choice stance echoes Thomson's points about the woman's right of self-defence.

3. Throughout her article Thomson posits that the fetus is a human person with a right to life from conception on.

4. Gay-Williams would agree with the Glucksberg court concerning the linking together of voluntary with directed euthanasia in a slippery slope fashion.

5. The case of Jack provides a contemporary example of the type of suffering that might morally allow for voluntary euthanasia.

6. Gay-Williams places the appeal to Revealed Religion at the center of his discussion of the permissibility of euthanasia.

7. Gay-Williams advocacy of euthanasia closely resembles the right-to-privacy argument concerning the permissibility of abortion.

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