Bioethics and Disability provides tools for understanding the concerns, fears and biases that
have convinced some people with disabilities that the health care setting is a dangerous …

Imagine a 23-week-old fetus. 2 It weighs between 300 and 780 grams3 and has a clearly
detectable heartbeat. 4 The eyebrows and the eyelashes are distinct, and the eye is …

T he message from the disability rights community1 in the debate over end-of-life
decisionmaking is simple and compelling: the disabled are better off alive than dead. 2 Any …

College students' attitudes concerning male involvement in the abortion decision-making
process were investigated with the aid of 94 participants. A t test supported the first …

In 1973, the United States Supreme Court was confronted with what is probably the single
most discussed, debated, and divisive legal issue of modern times. In Roe v. Wade,'the …

A theme of this Symposium is to address current issues left open by the Americans with
Disabilities Act (" ADA"). It is thus appropriate that one of the papers presented should treat …

She cannot have the joy of a pregnancy that is wanted, avoid the distress of a pregnancy
that is unwanted, plan her life, pursue her education, undertake a productive career, or plan …

In 1973, the United States Supreme Court announced its landmark decision of Roe v.
Wade.'In Roe, the Court held that the Constitutional right to privacy included a woman's right …

" Whether and when to exempt religious practices from regulation is the most fundamental
religious liberty issue in the United States today."'The debate concerning exemptions for …

Newspaper headlines around the world expressed shock when an unnamed, 28-year-old
English mother announced that she wished to" selectively abort" one of her twin fetuses …