Miscarriage can kill… but it usually does Not: evaluating inconsistency arguments

JA Bohn - The New Bioethics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Recent publications debate the value of inconsistency arguments. Here, I argue that 'Cause
of Death Arguments'—inconsistency arguments that claim miscarriage causes death far …

The inconsistency argument: why apparent pro-life inconsistency undermines opposition to induced abortion

W Simkulet - Journal of Medical ethics, 2022 - jme.bmj.com
Most opposition to induced abortion turns on the belief that human fetuses are persons from
conception. On this view, the moral status of the fetus alone requires those in a position to …

The scourges: why abortion is even more morally serious than Miscarriage

C Miller - The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Several recent papers have suggested that the pro-life view entails a radical, implausible
thesis: that miscarriage is the biggest public health crisis in the history of our species and …

The moral significance of abortion inconsistency arguments

W Simkulet - Asian Bioethics Review, 2022 - Springer
Most opponents of abortion (OA) believe fetuses matter. Critics argue that OA act
inconsistently with regards to fetal life, seeking to restrict access to induced abortion, but …

Abortion and the beginning and end of human life

D Marquis - Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2006 - cambridge.org
How can the abortion issue be resolved? Many believe that the issue can be resolved if, and
only if, we can determine when human life begins. Those opposed to abortion choice …

Prolife hypocrisy: why inconsistency arguments do not matter

N Colgrove, BP Blackshaw, D Rodger - Journal of medical ethics, 2021 - jme.bmj.com
Opponents of abortion are often described as 'inconsistent'(hypocrites) in terms of their
beliefs, actions and/or priorities. They are alleged to do too little to combat spontaneous …

The impairment argument for the immorality of abortion revisited

BP Blackshaw - Bioethics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Perry Hendricks has recently presented the impairment argument for the immorality of
abortion, to which I responded and he has now replied. The argument is based on the …

Why inconsistency arguments matter

J Shaw - The New Bioethics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Abortion opponents are sometimes accused of having inconsistent beliefs, actions, and/or
priorities. If they were consistent, they would regard spontaneous abortions to be a greater …

Unintended Intrauterine Death and Preterm Delivery: What Does Philosophy Have to Offer?

N Colgrove - The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
This special issue of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy focuses on unintended
intrauterine death (UID) and preterm delivery (both phenomena that are commonly—and …

(Regrettably) Abortion remains immoral: The impairment argument defended

PC Hendricks - 2019 - philpapers.org
In my article" Even if the fetus is not a person, abortion is immoral: The impairment
argument"(this journal), I defended what I called “The impairment argument” which purports …