In a recent paper, Giubilini and Minerva argue for the moral permissibility of what they call
'after-birth abortion', or infanticide. Here I suggest that they actually employ a confusion of …

Since the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade,'the American political and legal scene
has been sharply divided over the legality of abortions. 2 The debate has become even …

The ethical debate surrounding the care of anomalous newborns in the 1980s has been
warped by the same strident tone and moral absolutism that led to the impasse over abortion …

Nicaragua's Penal Code permits ''therapeutic abortion''without defining the circumstances
that warrant it. In the absence of a legally clear definition, therapeutic abortion is variously …

There are important and compelling reasons why women have second trimester abortions,
which constitute a significant percentage of all abortions performed. Laws vary widely …

This chapter reviews the evolving consensus in international human rights law, first
supporting the liberalization of criminal abortion laws to improve access to care and now …

As early medical abortion becomes more widespread in the United States, those who wish
to provide it need to understand how existing abortion restrictions apply to this procedure …

Globally, abortion mortality accounts for at least 13% of all maternal mortality. Unsafe
abortion procedures, untrained abortion providers, restrictive abortion laws and high …

Abortion remains a highly contentious moral issue, with the debate usually framed as a
battle between the fetus's right to life and the woman's right to choose. Often overlooked in …

Bioethics and the Human Goods offers students and general readers a brief introduction to
bioethics from a “natural law” philosophical perspective. This perspective, which traces its …