Much of the public debate about abortion concerns the question whether deliberate feticide
ought to be unlawful, at least in most circumstances. We will lay that question aside here in …

I am going to argue that abortion is wrong in the same circumstances in which it is wrong to
kill an adult. To argue further that abortion is always wrong would require showing that it is …

During its first two years of publication, Philosophy & Public Affairs contributed to the public
debate on abortion a set of remarkable and brilliant articles which examine the basic …

During its first two years of publication, Philosophy & Public Affairs contributed to the public
debate on abortion a set of remarkable and brilliant articles which examine the basic …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Abortions performed during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy sometimes result
in abortuses (aborted fetuses) which might be saved if given vigorous medical care. Does …

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 …

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 …