Ord's (2008) position is that the view of equal moral status between embryos and adult
humans necessarily entails a reductio ad absurdum in the form of the Conclusion:“ …

Changing ingrained ways of thinking about the moral status of members of our species is
often a difficult business—in no small part because of often counterintuitive social …

Toby Ord has written a thought-provoking article. As it so happens, I agree with his
conclusion that one ought to reject the claim that embryos have the same moral status as …

It is often claimed that from the moment of conception embryos have the same moral status
as adult humans. This claim plays a central role in many arguments against abortion, in vitro …

There is a significant debate over the moral status of human embryos. This debate has
important implications for practices like abortion and IVF. Some argue that embryos have the …

A substantial proportion of human embryos spontaneously abort soon after conception, and
ethicists have argued this is problematic for the pro-life view that a human embryo has the …

Laurence B. McCullough and Frank A. Chervenak (2008) provide a lucid and convincing
account of the conceptual errors made by abortion opponents in using the term unborn child …

Unborn Child rights-based normative language. For instance, according to classical natural
law theory (as influenced by Aristotelian virtue ethics), a being's moral status is related to the …

English Common Law, like many other legal systems, treats the moment of live birth as the
point at which a legal person comes into existence. Abortion, even where prohibited, has …

The Scourge limited medical resources and many diseases competing for research dollars,
reproductive technologies and treatments are but one important area. Resources should be …