Philosophers involved in debating the abortion issue often assume that the arguments they
provide can offer decisive resolution. 1 Arguments on the prolife side of the debate, for …

In this paper we extend Heidi Hurd's “correspondence thesis” to the termination of
pregnancy debate and argue that the same reasons that determine the permissibility of …

“This work sets out in meticulous detail many of the fundamental issues and biases that
surround abortion decision-making and access.… it is worthwhile. It sets out the important …

The 'impairment argument'against abortion developed by Perry Hendricks aims to derive the
wrongness of abortion from the wrongness of causing foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) …

In this commentary, I will consider the implications of the argument made by Christopher
Stratman (2020) in 'Ectogestation and the Problem of Abortion'. Clearly, the possibility of …

Background Conscientious objection has spurred impassioned debate in many Western
countries. Some Norwegian general practitioners (GPs) refuse to refer for abortion. Little is …

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 …

Dan Brock has asserted that those who claim that the early embryo has full moral status are
not consistent, and that the rationality of such a position is dubious when it is adopted from a …

Christian pro-lifers often respond to Thomson's defense of abortion that the violinist is
allowed to die while the embryo is killed. Boonin and McMahan counter that this distinction …

A widespread assumption has taken hold in the field of medicine that we must allow health
care professionals the right to refuse treatment under the guise of 'conscientious …