Warren argues that:
A) Abortion is morally permissible since human fetuses satisfy none of the criteria for personhood and therefore are not members of the moral community.
B) Abortion is morally obligatory since human fetuses are merely a clump of cells.
C) Abortion is morally wrong because human fetuses are persons and therefore are members of the moral community.
D) Abortion is morally permissible since most people in the moral community would argue that abortion should be legal.

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Warren argues that abortion is morally permissible because, according to her criteria for personhood, human fetuses do not meet any of the necessary conditions to be considered persons and thus are not part of the moral community. This argument is based on her philosophical analysis of what it means to be a person and not on legal consensus or the physical characteristics of fetuses alone.

Warren Argues That