A central claim in abortion ethics is what might be called the Harm Claim–the claim that
abortion harms the fetus. In this article, we put forward a simple and straightforward reason …

Abortion involves the intentional killing of a fetus to end a pregnancy. These fetuses are
human, biologically. 1 It seems that fetuses are beings, albeit completely dependent beings …

One of the most interesting and influential arguments against the moral permissibility of
abortion is the one offered by Don Marquis (1989, 1997, 2002, 2013). The basic idea is …

Abortion is the most difficult and controversial moral issues we will consider. Listen to both
sides, even if that is difficult to do. Both sides have important moral insights, even if ultimately …

The most plausible pro‐life argument claims that abortion is seriously wrong because it
deprives the foetus of something valuable. This paper examines two recent versions of this …

The purpose of this essay is to compare the substantial identity argument for the wrongness
of abortion to the future of value argument for its wrongness. Both arguments take for …

This article challenges an important argument in the abortion debate, according to which at
least early abortions are acceptable because they do not terminate the actual existence of …

Morally speaking, is abortion murder? This is what I am calling the 'abortion problem'. I claim
that neither pro-life nor pro-choice advocates have the correct solution; that the correct …

This essay deals with the morality of abortion. We argue that abortion is morally
unobjectionable and that society benefits if abortion is available on demand. We begin by …

This paper articulates a careful and detailed objection to the moral permissibility of postnatal
abortion. Giubilini and Minerva (2012) claim that if being unable to nurture one's newborn …