pt. 1. Human development: science and public policy -- pt. 2. Fetuses, persons and the law -- pt. 3. Humanhood, personhood and the concept of viability -- pt. 4. Intercourse, women and moral responsibility -- pt. 5. Classical and religious roots of current controversy
Analysis
Abortion Ethical aspects
Notes
"This volume grew out of a symposium, 'The Concept of person and its implications for the use of the fetus in biomedicine', held October 29, 30, and 31, 1980, at the Health Science Center of the University of Missouri-Columbia under the sponsorship of the Departments of Medicine and Philosophy, and the Program in Health Care and Human Values"--Editorial pref