%0 Journal Article
%T Abortion: Is it Suicide in the Guise of Murder?
%A Didem Gediz Gelegen
%J Fe Dergi : Feminist Ele£¿tiri
%D 2011
%I Ankara University
%X The concept of ¡°rights¡± is central to most of the arguments on abortion in medical ethics. The common approach is the comparison of embryo¡¯s ¡°right to life¡± and woman¡¯s ¡°right to decide about her body¡±; and the issue is handled as a ¡°conflict of interests¡±. This approach can not embrace the issue. Perhaps, the most important point is neglected.In this essay, I will try to develop my argument from ¡°women¡¯s point of view.¡± I will point out that, in the cases of abortion embryo and the woman are not sides in conflict. Since women¡¯s sense of self is continuous with the others, women are, also, violated in abortion. Abortion is defined as ¡°murder¡± in the arguments of its opponents. I will offer to define it, rather, as a kind of ¡°suicide¡± from women¡¯s point of view.
%K Abortion
%K rights
%K women¡¯s point of view
%K murder
%K suicide.
%U http://cins.ankara.edu.tr/kurtaj.pdf