Abortion and the beginning and end of human life

D Marquis - Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2006 - cambridge.org
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 …

Defending the two tragedies argument: a response to Simkulet

H Friberg-Fernros - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2019 - jme.bmj.com
According to the two-tragedies argument proponents of pro-life can justifiably prioritize
efforts to prevent abortion rather than miscarriages due to the fact that abortions in contrast …

Anti-abortionist action theory and the asymmetry between spontaneous and induced abortions

ML Anderson - The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
This essay defends the asymmetry between the badness of spontaneous and induced
abortions in order to explain why anti-abortionists prioritize stopping induced abortions over …

Reply to Di Nucci: why the counterexamples succeed

C Strong - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2009 - jme.bmj.com
In my essay, a critique of “the best secular argument against abortion” I reconstructed and
criticised two versions of Don Marquis's well-known argument against abortion. In critiquing …

The inconsistency argument: why apparent pro-life inconsistency undermines opposition to induced abortion

W Simkulet - Journal of Medical ethics, 2022 - jme.bmj.com
Most opposition to induced abortion turns on the belief that human fetuses are persons from
conception. On this view, the moral status of the fetus alone requires those in a position to …

Within the limits of the defensible: a response to Simkulet's argument against the pro-life view on the basis of spontaneous abortion

H Friberg-Fernros - Journal of medical ethics, 2018 - jme.bmj.com
In a recent article, William Simkulet has argued against the anti-abortion view by invoking
the fact that many human fetuses die from spontaneous abortion. He argues that this fact …

Miscarriage can kill… but it usually does Not: evaluating inconsistency arguments

JA Bohn - The New Bioethics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Recent publications debate the value of inconsistency arguments. Here, I argue that 'Cause
of Death Arguments'—inconsistency arguments that claim miscarriage causes death far …

[图书][B] The Fetal Position: A Rational Approach to the Abortion Issue

C Meyers - 2010 - books.google.com
Is it wrong for a woman to have an abortion or for society at large to allow abortions?
Conversely, does a woman have a moral right to terminate her pregnancy? Fundamental …

Critical notice—Defending life: a moral and legal case against abortion choice by Francis J Beckwith

D Stretton - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2008 - jme.bmj.com
Francis Beckwith's Defending life: a moral and legal case against abortion choice defends
the pro-life position on moral, legal and political grounds. In this critical notice I consider …

Taking precautionary concerns seriously: A defense of a misused anti-abortion argument

H Friberg-Fernros - The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abortion critics have argued that one should err on the side of life and prohibit abortion since
the status of the fetus is uncertain. David Boonin has criticized this precautionary argument …