This essay deals with the question of the morality of abortion and infanticide. The
fundamental ethical objection traditionally advanced against these practices rests on the …

Abortion has long been a central issue in the arena of applied ethics, but, the distinctive
analysis of feminist ethics is generally overlooked in most philosophic discussions. Authors …

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 …

In the preceding article, John Finnis makes a great many adverse remarks about my article
on abortion.'I cannot take them all up: there are too many. I shall instead concentrate on …

At the heart of the current debate over abortion is the question of what is at stake: for the
liberal feminist group it is the woman's autonomy over her own body; for the conservative/pro …

What precisely is the nature of this “greater rigor” and what “new questions” have been
opened up? The factual background of abortion is changing but in its essentials it remains …

The nature of two influential theories on the moral status of abortion logically commits them
to welcoming the advent of ectogenesis (the gestation of human beings outside the womb) …

This paper argues that the central issue in the abortion debate has not changed since 1967
when the English parliament enacted the Abortion Act. That central issue concerns the moral …

ON THE MORAL AND LEGAL STATUS OF ABORTION Page 1 360 Abortion by the feeling that
abortion is a tragic necessity. No matter whether a consensus or compromise is reached on …