… Welive inan erawhenfresh attempts to define what medical ethics is all about frequently
ignore themoral principles of this subject’s humble beginnings. Yet new ethical theories are …

… to justify abortion is successful, and that therefore the prima facie case against abortion is …
I will use LW Sumner’s Abortion and Moral Theory as representative of this position.1 Other …

… and Childbirth addresses the unique moral questions raised by pregnancy and its intimate
bodily nature. From assisted reproduction to abortion and ‘vital conflict’ resolution to more …

… philosophy therefore needs a basis in philosophical logic-the logic of the moral concepts.
But we find, for example, Professor Judith Jarvis Thomson, in an article on abortion which has …

… Later we will discuss abortion, where there clearly is an actual being whose future interests
are at question. Some will say that this is true in all cases, even the other sorts of cases with …

… It is because abortion consists of these two events that we commonly find two alleged rights
discussed in connection with the abortion … Further, I suggest, the fact that abortion consists of …

… "There ought to be no special laws regulating abortion," wrote psychiatrist Thomas Szasz in
the same year. "Such an operation should be available in … it possible, has forged new ethical …

… We also assess what the ethical implications of extending gestation should be for newborn
… , it should not necessarily have implications for abortion policy. We compare our ethical …

… to discuss moral responsibilities to continue gestating, until we appreciate in their own terms
… of the difference it might make to legal and moral discussions of abortion if we appreciate …

… Examining the implications for abortion ethics in particular, this book also deals with the
ethical … My conclusion in this chapter is that the morality of abortion cannot be decided without …