Is After-Birth abortion ethically permissible? -- Does personhood begin at birth? -- Does personhood begin during pregnancy? -- Is fetal moral status linked to fetal development? -- Does personhood begin at conception? -- Objections to the basic moral status of human embryos -- Is it wrong to abort a person? -- Hard cases for critics of abortion -- Hard cases for defenders of abortion -- Abortion and conscience protections -- Could artificial wombs end the abortion debate?
Summary
Appealing to reason rather than religious belief, this book is the most comprehensive case against the choice of abortion yet published. This Second Edition of 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 post-birth abortion. 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
