One of the most influential philosophical arguments in favor of the permissibility of abortion
is Judith Jarvis Thomson's violinist analogy, presented in “A Defense of Abortion.” Its appeal …

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 …

Says one critic of the philosophical debate on abortion:" Philosophers are not listened to
because they do not listen." 1 Though I believe the charge is too strong, my own review of …

In 'After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?', Giubilini and Minerva argue that
infanticide should be permitted for the same reasons as abortion. In particular, they argue …

In this chapter, I present the Impairment Argument, which purports to show that abortion is
immoral even if the fetus is not a person. What drives the argument is the fact that nonlethally …

94 OPEN PEER COMMENTARIES alter the permissibility of abortion for couples who would
choose to have a child that way. Some (Räsänen 2017) will argue that there would be “no …

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 …

There are various ways of attempting to defend an extreme liberal view on abortion,
according to which a woman always has the right to control what happens inside her own …

When a woman or girl finds herself pregnant, is it morally permissible for her to end that
pregnancy? One dominant tradition says “no”; its close cousin says “rarely”-exceptions may …

Abortion is one of the controversial issues discussed in medical ethics. We can formulate the
argument which is put forward by the opponents of abortion as follows: 1) fetus has to be …