The impairment argument for the immorality of abortion: a reply

BP Blackshaw - Bioethics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In his recent article Perry Hendricks presents what he calls the impairment argument to show
that abortion is immoral. To do so, he argues that to give a fetus fetal alcohol syndrome is …

The impairment argument for the immorality of abortion revisited

BP Blackshaw - Bioethics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Perry Hendricks has recently presented the impairment argument for the immorality of
abortion, to which I responded and he has now replied. The argument is based on the …

Even if the fetus is not a person, abortion is immoral: The impairment argument

P Hendricks - Bioethics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Much of the debate about the ethics of abortion has centered on whether the fetus is a
person. In an attempt to sidestep this complex issue, I argue that, even if the fetus is not a …

Against the impairment argument: a reply to Hendricks

J Räsänen - Bioethics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In an article of this journal, Perry Hendricks makes a novel argument for the immorality of
abortion. According to his impairment argument, abortion is immoral because:(a) it is wrong …

Violinists, demandingness, and the impairment argument against abortion

D Crummett - Bioethics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The 'impairment argument'against abortion developed by Perry Hendricks aims to derive the
wrongness of abortion from the wrongness of causing foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) …

Strengthening the impairment argument against abortion

BP Blackshaw, P Hendricks - Journal of medical ethics, 2021 - jme.bmj.com
Perry Hendricks' impairment argument for the immorality of abortion is based on two
premises: first, impairing a fetus with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is immoral, and second, if …

Impairing the impairment argument

K van Oosterum, EJ Curran - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2024 - jme.bmj.com
Blackshaw and Hendricks have recently developed and defended the impairment argument
against abortion, arguing that the immorality of giving a child fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) …

Abortion is incommensurable with fetal alcohol syndrome

C Pickard - Bioethics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A recent article argued for the immorality of abortion regardless of personhood status by
comparing the impairment caused by fetal alcohol syndrome to the impairment caused by …

On the impairment argument

W Simkulet - Bioethics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Most opposition to abortion stands or falls on whether a fetus is the sort of being whose life it
is seriously wrong to end. In her influential paper 'A defense of abortion,'Judith Jarvis …

Fine-tuning the impairment argument

BP Blackshaw, P Hendricks - Journal of medical ethics, 2021 - jme.bmj.com
Perry Hendricks' original impairment argument for the immorality of abortion is based on the
impairment principle: if impairing an organism to some degree is immoral, then ceteris …