An important strand in the debate on abortion focuses on the moral status of fetuses.
Knowledge of the moral value of fetuses is needed to assess fetuses' moral status. As Errol …

Many accounts of the morality of abortion assume that early fetuses must all have or lack
moral status in virtue of developmental features that they share. Our actual attitudes toward …

Disagreements about abortion are often assumed to reduce to disagreements about fetal
personhood (and mindedness). If one believes a fetus is a person (or has a mind), then they …

The current abortion conversation is disordered by a justification framework rooted in
patriarchal and misogynist assumptions about women, pregnancy, childbearing, and …

From numerous conversations with colleagues, students, and friends as well as the
consistent results of opinion polls, it seems clear that most people, if only at an intuitive level …

Philosophical debate about the ethics of abortion has reached stalemate on two key issues.
First, the claim that foetuses have moral standing that entitles them to protections for their …

Patricia Beattie Jung ll around the world people of good will are deeply divided about
abortion, and talk ast each other. We will move beyond this alemate only if we examine what …

Non-Christians and even Christians can take opposite positions on abortion even when they
think rationally, honestly, and with good will. The continuing controversy over abortion …

The extension of legal personhood to fetuses would not only threaten women's right to
choose abortion, but also undermine other fundamental rights. This chapter argues that …

English Common Law, like many other legal systems, treats the moment of live birth as the
point at which a legal person comes into existence. Abortion, even where prohibited, has …