The morality of abortion and the deprivation of futures

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-107

  Brown, Mark T ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Fox Valley   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Donald Marquis; Future Like Ours; Potentiality; Pro choice

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY;

ABORTED FETUSES; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; KILLING; MORAL POLICY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; PREGNANT WOMEN; RIGHTS;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, LEGAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; MORALS; PARENTING; PERSONHOOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0034128309     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.26.2.103     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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2. See reference 1: 189, 190, 202.
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4. Cudd A. Sensationalized philosophy: a reply to Marquis's Why abortion is immoral. The Journal of Philosophy 1990;87,5: 262-4. Norcross A. Killing, abortion, and contraception. The Journal of Philosophy 1990;87,5:268-77. Paske G. Abortion and the neo-natal right to life: a critique of Marquis's futurist argument. In Pojman L, Beckwith F, eds. The abortion controversy. Boston: Jones and Bartlett, 1994: 343-53. Similar criticisms were levelled against FLO by an anonymous referee for this journal.
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6. Here I draw upon Thomson JJ. A defense of abortion. Philosophy and Public Affairs 1971;1,1:47-56, and the enormous literature this essay has elicited over the years.
7. Flower M. Neuromaturation of the human fetus. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 1985;10:237-51. Grobstein C. Science and the unborn. New York: Basic Books, 1988: 55, 130.
8. Flower M. Neuromaturation of the human fetus. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 1985;10:237-51. Grobstein C. Science and the unborn. New York: Basic Books, 1988: 55, 130.