In cases in which we must choose between either (i) preventing a woman from remaining
unwillingly pregnant or (ii) preventing a fetus from being killed, we should prevent the fetus …

It is widely assumed that induced abortion is sometimes necessary to preserve a pregnant
woman's life or health. Yet, while it is true that ending pregnancy is sometimes required to …

Abortion is largely accepted even for reasons that do not have anything to do with the fetus'
health. By showing that (1) both fetuses and newborns do not have the same moral status as …

Many people who believe that abortion may often be justified by appeal to the pregnant
woman's interests also believe that a woman's infliction of significant but nonlethal injury on …

Many people believe human fetuses have the same moral status as adult human persons,
that it is wrong to allow harm to befall things with this moral status, and thus voluntary …

There are some cases in which the government should coerce its citizens into providing care
to vulnerable persons. For example, suppose that a woman and her infant are snowed in a …

It is sometimes proposed that killing or harming abortion providers is the only logically
consistent position available to opponents of abortion. Since lethal violence against morally …

the term" elective" is often used as a moral judgment that determines which patients are
entitled to care. Secular health care organizations that attempt to avoid controversy by …

Some people oppose abortion on the grounds that fetuses have full moral status and thus a
right to not be killed. We argue that special obligations that hold between mother and fetus …

The four conclusions drawn from “Prolonged Grieving after Abortion,” by Douglas Brown,
Thomas E. Elkins, and David B. Larson, appear to be justified on the basis of clinical …