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Abortion - Law and legislation - Great Britain - History. --- Abortion, Legal - history - England.

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Abortion --- Fetus --- Law and legislation --- States. --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- United States --- States --- Fetus - Legal status, laws, etc. - United States - States. --- Abortion - Law and legislation - United States - States.

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Most arguments for or against abortion focus on one question: is the fetus a person? In this provocative and important book, David Boonin defends the claim that even if the fetus is a person with the same right to life you and I have, abortion should still be legal, and most current restrictions on abortion should be abolished. Beyond Roe points to a key legal precedent: McFall v. Shimp. In 1978, an ailing Robert McFall sued his cousin, David Shimp, asking the court to order Shimp to provide McFall with the bone marrow he needed. The court ruled in Shimp's favor and McFall soon died. Boonin extracts a compelling lesson from the case of McFall v. Shimp--that having a right to life does not give a person the right to use another person's body even if they need to use that person's body to go on living-and he uses this principle to support his claim that abortion should be legal and far less restricted than it currently is, regardless of whether the fetus is a person. By taking the analysis of the right to life that Judith Jarvis Thomson pioneered in a moral context and applying it in a legal context in this novel way, Boonin offers a fresh perspective that is grounded in assumptions that should be accepted by both sides of the abortion debate. Written in a lively, conversational style, and offering a case study of the value of reason in analyzing complex social issues, Beyond Roe will be of interest to students and scholars in a variety of fields, and to anyone interested in the debate over whether government should restrict or prohibit abortion.

Abortion --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Law and legislation --- Professional ethics. Deontology --- Ethics of family. Ethics of sexuality --- Medical law --- Abortion - Moral and ethical aspects --- Abortion - Law and legislation

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This book features opening arguments followed by two rounds of reply between two moral philosophers on opposing sides of the abortion debate. In the initial opening essays, Kate Greasley and Christopher Kaczor lay out what they take to be the best case for and against abortion rights. In the ensuing dialogue, they engage with each other's arguments and each responds to criticisms fielded by the other. Their conversational argument explores such fundamental questions as: what gives a person the right to life? Is abortion bad for women? And what is the difference between abortion and infanticide? Underpinned by philosophical reasoning and methodology, this book provides opposing and clearly structured perspectives on a highly emotive and controversial issue. The result gives readers a window into how moral philosophers argue about the contentious issue of abortion rights, and an in-depth analysis of the compelling arguments on both sides.

Abortion --- Fetus --- Human Rights --- Law and legislation --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Professional ethics. Deontology --- Ethics of family. Ethics of sexuality --- Medical law --- Abortion - Law and legislation --- Fetus - Legal status, laws, etc. --- Human rights. --- Law and legislation.