ESSAY 3 TOPIC: How does the person hood of the fetus affect the classification of abortion as ethical or unethical? In case the topic is unclear you can think about it like this: If someone proves conclusively that the fetus as a person, how would that affect the ethics of abortion? If someone proved conclusively that the fetus is not a person, how would that affect the ethics of abortion? That is what the topic is trying to get you to consider.