A Deeper Look Into Personhood

"Now that we’ve started talking about identity, today Hank tackles the question of personhood. Philosophers have tried to assess what constitutes personhood with a variety of different criteria, including genetic, cognitive, social, sentience, and the gradient theory. As with many of philosophy’s great questions, this has much broader implications than simple conjecture. The way we answer this question informs all sorts of things about the way we move about the world, including our views on some of our greatest social debates."

Conservative Christians use the concept of personhood for a product of conception within a woman in a rigid manner. The video below takes a more nuanced look at it (view to the end, as bodily autonomy is addressed briefly):

Personhood: Crash Course Philosophy

An In-Depth Look At Personhood

I have been very open about my opinion in the abortion debate: bodily autonomy for the pregnant woman is the sole decider (link). However, other pro-choice folks focus on the concept of personhood. The brief article below is a nice analysis of the topic (click on the link below)

What Is a Person?

Abortion: Bodily Autonomy And Personhood

In McFall v. Shimp, the court ruled that a person cannot be forced to donate body parts like bone marrow, even if such a donation would save another person's life.