This essay will examine and critique Judith Jarvis Thomson's A Defense of Abortion (1971). Thomson sets out to demonstrate that the fetus has no right to the mother's body and that it would not be unjust to perform an abortion when the mother's life is not in danger. For the sake of argument, Thomson adopts the conservative view that the fetus is a person from the moment of conception. The conservative argument states that every person has a right to life. The fetus has the right to life. Without a doubt the mother has the right to decide what happens in and to her body. But surely a person's right to life is stronger than the mother's right to decide what will happen to her body, and therefore surpasses it. Therefore the fetus cannot be killed and an abortion cannot be performed (Thomson, 1971). In response to this argument, Thomson uses his violinist analogy. You have been kidnapped by the Society of Music Lovers and awaken to find that your circulatory system has been linked to that of a famous violinist suffering from kidney failure. It turned out that only your blood type can help the violinist. The hospital director apologizes for what happened, but detaching you now would kill the violinist. You are required to remain attached to the violinist for the next nine months, at which time the violinist can safely be detached from you (Thomson, 1971). The conservative argument would state that the violinist, as a person, has a right to life, then it would surely trump your right to decide what happens to your body. Therefore you must stay connected to the violinist because disconnecting from him would mean killing him. The fact that the violinist requires the use of your kidneys for his sur...... middle of paper ......or grow for the next nine months? Society is unlikely to allow people to grow seeds in their homes. A significant point that shows the failure of this analogy to justify abortion is that you cannot compare having sex and conceiving a child to opening a window that lets seeds in. It does not adequately reflect conception or pregnancy. You could also suggest that people seeds be transplanted from your carpet to grow elsewhere without killing it. Therefore, the people seed analogy fails to justify abortion. Critically examining Thomson's three analogies (1971); the violinist analogy, the Henry Fonda analogy, and the People Seeds analogy, all three analogies fail to demonstrate that it is not unjust to deny the fetus the right to the mother's body. Therefore, the fetus has the right not to be killed unjustly and to have the use of the mother's womb.