The scourges: why abortion is even more morally serious than Miscarriage

C Miller - The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and …, 2023academic.oup.com
Several recent papers have suggested that the pro-life view entails a radical, implausible
thesis: that miscarriage is the biggest public health crisis in the history of our species and
requires radical diversion of funds to combat. In this paper, I clarify the extent of the problem,
showing that the number of miscarriages about which we can do anything morally significant
is plausibly much lower than previously thought, then describing some of the work already
being done on this topic. I then briefly survey a range of reasons why abortion might be …
Abstract
Several recent papers have suggested that the pro-life view entails a radical, implausible thesis: that miscarriage is the biggest public health crisis in the history of our species and requires radical diversion of funds to combat. In this paper, I clarify the extent of the problem, showing that the number of miscarriages about which we can do anything morally significant is plausibly much lower than previously thought, then describing some of the work already being done on this topic. I then briefly survey a range of reasons why abortion might be thought more serious and more worthy of prevention than miscarriage. Finally, I lay out my central argument: that reflection on the wrongness of killing reveals that the norms for ending life and failing to save life are different, in such a way that could justify the prioritization of anti-abortion advocacy over anti-miscarriage efforts. Such an account can also respond to similar problems posed to the pro-lifer, such as the question of whom to save in a “burning lab” type scenario.
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