Self-Defense
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There is widespread support for abortion in cases where a woman's life is threatened by carrying a pregnancy to term. Most (but not all) conservatives on the issue will allow for this exception.

Assume, for example, that a woman has a heart condition and is likely to die in labor. It seems obvious to many people that she may defend herself even if she must take a life to do so. Could she not defend herself if attacked by an adult?

If you wish to take this position, however, you must develop a more precise view of the basis and the content of the right of self-defense. Without such a view, self-defense may turn out to justify too few or too many abortions.

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