Educated American opinion today accords an acceptance to abortion which even a decade
ago it did not enjoy. Estimates of its actual practice in America vary enormously; the highest …

The purpose of this essay is to compare the substantial identity argument for the wrongness
of abortion to the future of value argument for its wrongness. Both arguments take for …

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 …

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 …

The pro-life position on abortion is that abortion is morally wrong because a fetus is an
innocent human being, and killing it is, at least morally speaking, murder.'This claim doesn't …

focus attention upon the ontological status of the fetus and, specifically, to ask whether or not
the fetus is a person. Indeed, as Hare points out, the question of:.. whether the fetus is a …

Opponents of abortion often defend their position by claiming that the fetus is a person. What
they mean, presumably, is that the fetus shares those attributes, whatever they may be, the …

Opponents of abortion sometimes hold that it is impermissible because fetuses are persons
from the moment of conception. But miscarriage, which ends up to 89% of pregnancies, is …