A substantial proportion of human embryos spontaneously abort soon after conception, and
ethicists have argued this is problematic for the pro-life view that a human embryo has the …

In an influential essay entitled Why abortion is wrong, Donald Marquis argues that killing
actual persons is wrong because it unjustly deprives victims of their future; that the fetus has …

Of all the diabolically clever moves the anti-choice lobby has ever pulled, surely one of the
greatest has been its consistent co-opting of the word “life.” Life! Who wants to argue with …

Abstract Bruce P. Blackshaw and Daniel Rodger contend that if we assume fetuses are
persons, then abortion is a public health crisis that justifies overriding a gestational mother's …

Most opponents of abortion (OA) believe fetuses matter. Critics argue that OA act
inconsistently with regards to fetal life, seeking to restrict access to induced abortion, but …

Most philosophers who discuss abortion seem to presuppose that during any period of time
in which a human fetus is not yet a human being abortion remains a matter of negligible …

In the case of abortion, however, it is a conflict about ends. Should we, as a society, allow
abortion to remain legal? Should we judge it to be immoral? By pressing us as a people to …

This paper is a response to a recent paper by Bobier and Omelianchuk in which they argue
that the critics of Giubilini and Minerva's defence of infanticide fail to adequately justify a …

I challenge the idea that the argument from potential (AFP) represents a valid moral
objection to abortion. I consider the form of AFP that was defended by Hare, which holds that …

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 …