Abortion summary. the first argument by analogy 1. It isn’t wrong for you to disconnect the famous violinist. 2. The case involving you and the famous.

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the first argument by analogy 1. It isn’t wrong for you to disconnect the famous violinist. 2. The case involving you and the famous violinist is analogous to the case involving the pregnant woman and the fetus. 3. [So] It isn’t wrong for the pregnant woman to abort the fetus.

the second argument by analogy 1. It isn’t wrong for you to vacuum up the pod person. 2. The case involving you and the pod person is analogous to the case involving the pregnant woman and the fetus. 3. [So] It isn’t wrong for the pregnant woman to abort the fetus.