Warren's main conclusion in "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion" is that:
A) The right to control one's body or property is a weak argument for the permissibility of abortion.
B) Abortion is morally wrong because human fetuses satisfy the criteria for personhood and therefore are members of the moral community.
C) Human fetuses satisfy none of the criteria for personhood and therefore are not members of the moral community.
D) Abortion should be legal although it is immoral since greater harm would result from making abortion illegal.

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Warren argues that human fetuses do not meet any of the criteria for personhood she outlines, such as consciousness, reasoning, self-motivated activity, the capacity to communicate, and the presence of self-concepts. Therefore, she concludes that fetuses are not members of the moral community, which underpins her argument for the moral permissibility of abortion.

Warren's Main Conclusion in "On the Moral and Legal Status