Some opponents of abortion claim fetuses are persons from the moment of conception. Call
these “Personhood-At-Conception”(or PAC), opponents of abortion. Amy Berg (2017 …

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 …

Abstract In Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (2007) and an
earlier article in this journal,“Defending Abortion Philosophically”(2006), Francis Beckwith …

The frequency of death from miscarriage is very high, greater than the number of deaths
from induced abortion or major diseases., Philosophical Studies 174: 1217–26) argues that …

This book introduces readers to the many arguments and controversies concerning abortion.
While it argues for ethical and legal positions on the issues, it focuses on how to think about …

In my article" Even if the fetus is not a person, abortion is immoral: The impairment
argument"(this journal), I defended what I called “The impairment argument” which purports …

Suppose you and I are “human beings” in the sense of human animals, members of the
genus Homo. Given this supposition, this article argues first and foremost that (it's at least …

In this article I investigate the ways in which phenomenology could guide our views on the
rights and/or wrongs of abortion. To my knowledge very few phenomenologists have …

Medical practitioners tend to define abortion as premature termination of pregnancy, rather
than as premature termination of fetal life. This usage is consistent with their primary …

How can the abortion issue be resolved? Many believe that the issue can be resolved if, and
only if, we can determine when human life begins. Those opposed to abortion choice …