OALibJOpen Access Library Journal2333-9705Scientific Research Publishing10.4236/oalib.1102116OALibJ-65103ArticlesBiomedical&Life Sciences Business&Economics Chemistry&Materials Science Computer Science&Communications Earth&Environmental Sciences Engineering Medicine&Healthcare Physics&Mathematics Social Sciences&Humanities Is It Possible to Defend the Moral Permissibility of Abortion without Deciding on the Moral Status of the Human Fetus? AnaJimena Casillas Castaneda1*Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, Mexico* E-mail:jimenacasillas@gmail.com2901201603011418 December 2015accepted 2 January 6 January 2016© Copyright 2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. 2014This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this article I intend to defend the moral permissibility of abortion through metaphysics, allowing the reader to change or confirm his or her point of view about abortion under the light of reason. To be able to defend the main idea, abortion is something that affects not only a human life but every living being.

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