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 asserts that a woman has a right to control her own body and therefore has a right to an abortion.

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Beckwith concludes that the arguments for the permissibility of abortion fail, including the argument from a woman's right over her own body, which contradicts the assertion that he believes a woman has a right to an abortion based on bodily autonomy.

Beckwith Evaluates Several Arguments for the Permissibility of Abortion and Concludes