I argue that it is possible for prospective mothers to wrong prospective fathers by bearing
their child; and that lifting paternal liability for child support does not correct the wrong …

In this chapter I argue that three widely accepted principles regarding abortion and parental
rights are prima facie jointly inconsistent. These principles are probably accepted by most …

I am grateful for the opportunity to clarify my position on paternal rights and to rebut the
criticisms leveled by Professor Humber. To briefly restate my basic position, I regard a …

My primary aim is to call into question an influential notion of paternal responsibility, namely,
that fathers owe support to their children due to their causal responsibility for their existence …

The fetus destined to be born rather than aborted has become increasingly an object of
medical and moral concern. With considerable justification, women view this concern …

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 …

Standard approaches to the morality of abortion typically founder on the question of the
“personhood” of the fetus. This paper attempts to avoid this problem by developing an …

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 …

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 …

Conspicuously absent from most discussions of the abortion issue are considerations of
third-party interests, especially those of the father. A survey of the literature reveals an …