Is it ever morally right to procure an abortion, to help procure one, or to perform one? Patrick
Lee surveys the main philosophical arguments in favor of the moral permissibility of abortion …

When one thinks about the ethics of abortion, one inevitably thinks about rights, since it is in
terms of the concept of rights that much of the debate has been conducted. This is true of …

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 …

Abortion as an ethical issue involves the sense in which the fetus is a person to whom one
has obligations. Beyond that, abortion involves other issues of various degrees of severity …

Abortion considerations require deep reflection on law, convention, social mores, religious
norms, family contexts, emotions, and relationships. I have three arguments. First, a liberal …

Defending Life is arguably the most comprehensive defense of the pro-life position on
abortion-morally, legally, and politically-that has ever been published in an academic …

In 1993, a man named Michael Griffin killed David Gunn, a fortyseven-year-old doctor who
provided abortions at a clinic in Pensacola, Florida. Before shooting Gunn three times in the …

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

Introduction central and most important claim of the pro-life movement is that a fetus is a
human being from the moment of conception, that abortion involves the taking of innocent …

WHY ABORTION IS IMMORAL Page 1 Abortion 367 strike many people as heartless and
immoral; but remember that the very existence of people who feel this way, and who are willing …