Most opposition to abortion relies on the premise that the fetus is a human being, a person
from the moment of conception. The premise is argued for, but, as I think, not well. Take, for …

abortion is the way in which they rapidly turn into a discussion of the status of the foetus and
of whether destroying the foetus constitutes the taking of a human life. Since these latter …

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 …

The purpose of this essay is to set out an argument for the claim that abortion, except
perhaps in rare instances, is seriously wrong. 1 One reason for these exceptions is to …

I want to understand an argument. By an argument I do not mean a concatenation of
deathless propositions, but something with two sides that you have with someone, not …

The term" abortion" is conveniently used, for my present dis cussion, to refer to deliberate
removal (or deliberate action to cause the expulsion) of a fetus 1 from the womb of a human …

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 …

Philosophical and popular thinking about abortion is influenced by the belief that the
fundamental issue in settling the morality of abortion is whether a fetus is a person (is a …

We will be concerned with both the moral status of abortion, which for our purposes we may
define as the act which a woman performs in voluntarily terminating, or allowing another …

When a woman or girl finds herself pregnant, is it morally permissible for her to end that
pregnancy? One dominant tradition says “no”; its close cousin says “rarely”-exceptions may …