Several recent papers have suggested that the pro-life view entails a radical, implausible
thesis: that miscarriage is the biggest public health crisis in the history of our species and …

In order for the so-called strengthened impairment argument (SIA) to succeed, it must posit
some reason R that causing fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is immoral, one that also holds in …

Approximately 50 years have passed since Judith Jarvis Thomson wrote A Defense of
Abortion (1971). Her article has significantly shaped the philosophical literature on abortion …

Hendricks (2018) has defended an argument that abortion is (usually) immoral, which he
calls the impairment argument. This argument purports to apply regardless of the moral …

Anna Christensen argues that it is implausible to claim that abortion and murder are morally
impermissible given that they deprive individuals of a future like ours (or'FLO'). In this essay …

In 'Abortion and deprivation: a reply to Marquis', Anna Christensen contends that Don
Marquis' influential 'future like ours' argument for the immorality of abortion faces a …

Marquis's account of the ethics of abortion is unsatisfactory but not as Christensen implies
baseless. It requires to be amended rather than abandoned. It is true, as Marquis asserts …

Most philosophical accounts of human rights accept that all persons have human rights.
Typically,'personhood'is understood as unitary and binary. It is unitary because there is …

In a recent article in this journal, Anna Christensen raises an 'Epicurean challenge'to Don
Marquis' much-discussed argument for the immorality of abortion. According to Marquis' …

Background: Unsafe abortion has defined as a procedure of pregnancy terminated either by
persons lacked the necessary skills or in an environment that does not conform to minimal …