The ethics of abortion : women's rights, human life, and the question of justice

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ISBN	9780415884693 (pbk.)
ISBN	0415884691 (pbk.)
Call Number	HQ767.15 K114 2011
Author	Kaczor, Christopher Robert,1969-
Title	The ethics of abortion : women's rights, human life, and the question of justice / Christopher Kaczor
Imprint	New York : Routledge, c2011.
Physical	ix, 246 p. ; 23 cm.
Series Name	Routledge annals of bioethics
Contents Note	Acknowledgments --Introduction --Does personhood begin after birth? --Does personhood begin at birth? --Does personhood begin during pregnancy? --Does personhood begin at conception? --Does the human embryo have rights? -- ^tIs it wrong to abort a person? --Is abortion permissible in hard cases? --Could artificial wombs end the abortion debate? --Bibliography and Index.
Summary	Product Description: Appealing to reason rather than religious belief, this book is the most comprehensive case against the choice of abortion yet published. The Ethics of Abortion critically evaluates all the major grounds for denying fetal personhood, including the views of those who defend not only abortion but also infanticide. It also provides several (non-theological) justifications for the conclusion that all human beings, including those in utero,should be respected as persons. This book also critiques the view that abortion is not wrong even if the human fetus is a person. The Ethics of Abortion examines hard cases for those who are prolife, such as abortion in cases of rape or in order to save the mother^'s life, as well as hard cases for defenders of abortion, such as sex selection abortion and the rationale for being
Subject	Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects
Subject	Abortion--Law and legislation
Subject	Women--rights
Subject	Abortion, Induced--ethics
Subject	Abortion, Induced--legislation & jurisprudence
Subject	Abortion, Criminal--ethics
Subject	Abortion, Criminal--legislation & jurisprudence
Subject	Women-- Rights
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504 ^aIncludes bibliographical references and index

505 0 ^aAcknowledgments -- ^tIntroduction -- ^tDoes personhood begin after birth? -- ^tDoes personhood begin at birth? -- ^tDoes personhood begin during pregnancy? -- ^tDoes personhood begin at conception? -- ^tDoes the human embryo have rights? -- ^tIs it wrong to abort a person? -- ^tIs abortion permissible in hard cases? -- ^tCould artificial wombs end the abortion debate? -- ^tBibliography and Index.

520 ^aProduct Description: Appealing to reason rather than religious belief, this book is the most comprehensive case against the choice of abortion yet published. The Ethics of Abortion critically evaluates all the major grounds for denying fetal personhood, including the views of those who defend not only abortion but also infanticide. It also provides several (non-theological) justifications for the conclusion that all human beings, including those in utero,should be respected as persons. This book also critiques the view that abortion is not wrong even if the human fetus is a person. The Ethics of Abortion examines hard cases for those who are prolife, such as abortion in cases of rape or in order to save the mother^'s life, as well as hard cases for defenders of abortion, such as sex selection abortion and the rationale for being

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