What Does Thomson Say About Henry Fonda?

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What does Thomson say about Henry Fonda?
Thomson uses the Henry Fonda experiment to argue what does not constitute the right to life. Having the right to something does not automatically offer an individual the right to anything they would require to enjoy it. According to Henry Fonda, having a right to life entails enjoying the right to be accorded at least the bare minimum needed to sustain life in some viewpoints. If only Henry Fonda’s hand on the fevered brow is needed to save the person’s life, Thomson argues that the individual does not reserve the right to be accorded Henry Fonda’s cool hand touch on the face. In scenarios where it did, there exists an increasingly brief argument illegalizing abortion, except for scenarios where the fetus’s life puts the mother’s life at risk. In this context, Thomson uses Henry Fonda’s example to reiterate that an individual’s right to life is independent o...