The central thesis of philosopher David Boonin is that the moral case against abortion can
be shown to be unsuccessful on terms that critics of abortion can and do accept. Critically …

Without a doubt, the sharpest public debates over the value of fetal life have revolved
around the conditions, if any, under which abortion should be legal. Yet the question of …

Politics cannot function without responsibility, but there have been serious disagreements
about how responsibility is to be understood and huge controversies about how it is to be …

Shrage argues that Roe v Wade's regulatory scheme of a six-month time span for abortion
on demand polarized the public and obscured alternatives with potentially broader support …

Some have argued that embryos and fetuses have the moral status of personhood because
of certain criteria that are satisfied during gestation. However, these attempts to base …

The topic of abortion is, in our culture, a troubling one. It excites strong passions, which have
provided the impetus for political movements. This is undoubtedly the case in great …

Quel statut faut-il accorder à l'embryon humain in vitro? C'est l'une des questions brûlantes
que se pose aujourd'hui la bioéthique. L'auteur la reprend en examinant les nouvelles …

This article examines the ethical validity of using viability as the cutoff point for abortion in
the Netherlands, in view of potential changes to the Dutch perinatal care guideline …

What role does birth play in the debate about elective abortion? Does the wrongness of
infanticide imply the wrongness of late-term abortion? In this paper, I argue that the same or …

Abstract Person, reason, and value--Moral value, intentionality, and community--Suicide and
the right to die--Abortion, personhood, and community--Euthanasia: a reinterpretation--The …