ight to life at any time therefore, the mother of that fetus
             should have the right to terminate her pregnancy as she so chooses. Tooley
             implies that until the fetus reaches the age of about three weeks outside
             the uterus, it does not show signs of wanting life. Only when the child
             shows signs of desiring life should the child be given a right to life.
             These arguments are controversial to say the least. However, they contain
             a rational opinion of when an organism should be given a right to life.
             Mary Anne Warren also examines the morality of abortion in her
             article titled "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion". She attempts
             to address the question "how are we to define the moral community, the set
             of beings with full and equal moral rights, such that we can decide whether
             a human fetus is a member of this community or not?" To accomplish this
             definition, Warren lists five major criteria she believes are most central
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