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 …

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 …

Many different charges have been brought against abortion: that it erodes respect for human
life, diminishes the standard of parental responsibility, abets sexual promiscuity. But the …

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 …

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 …

Medical practitioners tend to define abortion as premature termination of pregnancy, rather
than as premature termination of fetal life. This usage is consistent with their primary …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …