In this article I do not seek to discuss when, if ever, abortion is morally permissible. Rather I
seek to analyse the precise legal status of the exemptions afforded under British law to those …

In this paper, I argue that a commitment to a very modest form of egalitarianism—equality
between non-disabled human adults—implies fetal personhood. Since the most plausible …

Much of the public debate about abortion concerns the question whether deliberate feticide
ought to be unlawful, at least in most circumstances. We will lay that question aside here in …

It is commonly held that there can be no morally relevant difference between a fetus inside
the womb and about to be born and that same fetus just after it has been born. Birth, it is …

Abortion as it is presently practiced may simply be an unhappy compromise between two
logically separable actions. An abortion (i) terminates a pregnancy, ending the physical …

Through history, women have practised forms of birth control and abortion. These practices
have generated intense moral, ethical, political and legal debates since abortion is not …

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 …

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 …

The overturning of Roe v Wade makes the ethical consideration of abortion more important
than ever. Appealing to reason rather than religious belief, this book is the most …

There is no issue more central to the abortion debate than the controversial issue of whether
the fetus is a moral person. Abortion-rights opponents almost universally claim that abortion …