Abortion
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Overview
Abortion remains one of the most complex and controversial issues in contemporary law and bioethics. This volume draws together key essays from leading scholars on the ethical and regulatory aspects of abortion. The essays explore the complex issues of personhood, prenatal life and reproductive rights, international perspectives on the regulation of abortion, health professionals and the provision of abortion services, and prenatal diagnosis and abortion. This volume will be an invaluable tool for all those interested in this challenging area.Contents: Introduction. Part I: Personhood, Prenatal Life and Reproductive Rights: Is there a 'New Ethics of Abortion'?, Raanan Gillon
A defense of abortion, Judith Jarvis Thomson
The rights and wrongs of abortion: a reply to Judith Thomson, John Finnis
A defense of 'A Defense of Abortion': on the responsibility objection to Thomson's argument, David Boonin-Vail
Thomson's violinist and conjoined twins, Kenneth Einar Himma
The moral significance of birth, Mary Anne Warren
Abortion and embodiment, Catriona MacKenzie
Fetal images: the power of visual culture in the politics of reproduction, Rosalind Pollack Petchesky
More than 'A Woman's Right to Choose'?, Susan Himmelweit
Reflections on sex equality under law, Catherine A. MacKinnon
Prenatal invasions and interventions: what's wrong With fetal rights, Janet Gallagher. Part II: Regulating Abortion: International Perspectives: The criminal sanction as it relates to human reproduction: the genesis of the statutory prohibition of abortion, Shelley Gavigan
Abortion laws: comparative and feminist perspectives in Australia, England and the United States, Kerry Petersen
Unremunerated rights: whether and how Roe should be overruled, Ronald Dworkin
Member state sovereignty and women's reproductive rights: the European Union's response, Peta-Gaye Miller
Making abortions safe: a matter of good public health policy and practice, M. Berer
The problem of coerced abortion in China and related ethical issues, Jing-Bao Nie. Part III: Health Professionals and Abortion: The need for more physicians trained in abortion: raising future physicians' awareness, Steve Heilig and Therese S. Wilson
The pro-life maternal-fetal medicine physician: a problem of integrity, Jeffrey Blustein and Alan R Fleischman
Freedom of conscience, professional responsibility, and access to abortion, Rebecca S. Dresser. Part IV: Prenatal Diagnosis and Abortion: One principle and three fallacies of disability studies, John Harris
Prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion: a challenge to practice and policy, Adrienne Asch
The disability rights critique of prenatal testing: reflections and recommendations, Erik Parens and Adrienne Asch
Abortion, autonomy and prenatal diagnosis, Emily Jackson
Abortion and the law: questions for feminism, Nivedita Menon
Index.
Author Biography: About the Editor: Belinda Bennett, Dr, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Australia.
Synopsis
The moral and philosophical foundations for abortion are explored in 25 articles reproduced from medical and political journals published between 1971 and 2002. They consider the nature of prenatal life, international perspectives on the regulation of abortion, the role of health professionals as providers of abortion services, and the impact of the new genetics on abortion rights and discourses. The earliest article is a defense of abortion by Judith Jarvis Thomson in Philosophy and Public Affairs; John Finnis' reply in the same journal two years later follows. Other topics include the criminal sanction as it relates to human reproduction, the need for more physicians trained in abortion, and prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion. Only names are indexed. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR