Abortion is one of the most controversial issues in today9s world. People tend to turn to the
law when trying to decide what is the best possible solution to an unwanted pregnancy …

The papers included in this supplement were first given at a meeting, The New Ethics of
Abortion, organised by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) in Senate House at …

It is now twenty years since David Steel's Private Member's Bill became the Abortion Act
1967. That Act provided that in certain circumstances doctors had a defence to the crimes …

This paper argues that the central issue in the abortion debate has not changed since 1967
when the English parliament enacted the Abortion Act. That central issue concerns the moral …

Abortion is the termination of pregnancy either spontaneously or intentionally before fetus
develops sufficiently to survive outside its mother's womb. Not all zygotes, which are the …

In his paper, the author tries to deal with one of the most controversial ethical problems of
the modern time from a moral point of view; abortion. Is abortion moral? and can it be …

Abortion is largely accepted even for reasons that do not have anything to do with the fetus'
health. By showing that (1) both fetuses and newborns do not have the same moral status as …

There are some cases in which the government should coerce its citizens into providing care
to vulnerable persons. For example, suppose that a woman and her infant are snowed in a …

Abortions performed during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy sometimes result
in abortuses (aborted fetuses) which might be saved if given vigorous medical care. Does …

Through history, women have practised forms of birth control and abortion. These practices
have generated intense moral, ethical, political and legal debates since abortion is not …