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.
-Beckwith admits that at least some arguments for abortion succeed.

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Beckwith concludes that the arguments for the permissibility of abortion he evaluates do not succeed, including the argument from a woman's right over her own body, the argument from abortion being safer than childbirth, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's "violinist" argument, without admitting that any of these arguments for abortion succeed.

Beckwith Evaluates Several Arguments for the Permissibility of Abortion and Concludes