Over the last forty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism
of disabled people. In this challenging review of the field, leading disability academic and …

Suppose a school were to set out deliberately to improve the mental and physical capacities
of its students. Suppose its stated aims were to ensure that the pupils left the school not only …

The overturning of Roe v Wade makes the ethical consideration of abortion more important
than ever. Appealing to reason rather than religious belief, this book is the most …

The 'Texas Heartbeat Act'found in the Texas Health & Safety Code (§§ 171.201–171.212),
hereafter referred to as 'the Act', prohibits abortions once a 'fetal heartbeat'is detected …

Many women and men, usually in the 20–50 age cohort, suffer from a condition that can be
called prereproductive stress syndrome. The primary symptom is that these individuals have …

Some of the human embryos generated by in vitro fertilization (IVF) are treasured by the
couples whose gametes were fused to create them; they may fulfil the wish of the …

Mason looks at the legal response to those aspects of the troubled pregnancy which require
or involve medico-legal intervention. The unwanted pregnancy is considered particularly in …

Don Marquis has put forward a non-religious argument against abortion based on what he
claims is a morally relevant similarity between killing adult human beings and killing fetuses …

For most of the 20th century, it was possible to regard fertilisation as the identifiable point
when life begins, because this moment could be defined unequivocally and was thought to …

The result of two key social developments in recent years are examined here: the partial
dismantling of the welfare state and the progress of genetics. Genetic insights are …