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Judith Jarvis Thomson On Abortion; A Libertarian Perspective, Walter E. Block
Judith Jarvis Thomson On Abortion; A Libertarian Perspective, Walter E. Block
DePaul Journal of Health Care Law
Introduction:
Judith Jarvis Thompson, an eminent philosopher from MIT, has written the most widely cited article of all those ever written about abortion. She likens the fetus to a trespasser. Suppose you wake up in bed next to a famous violinist who is (innocently) connected to your kidney, through a sort of umbilical cord, without which he will die. What rights does he have? What obligations do you have? Using this brilliant analogy to pregnancy, she sheds light on the abortion controversy.
Method:
The method used in the present paper is to widely quote Thompson’s (1971) essay, and then to …
Finding A Right To Abortion Coverage: The Ppaca, Intersectionality, And Positive Rights, Courtney Olson
Finding A Right To Abortion Coverage: The Ppaca, Intersectionality, And Positive Rights, Courtney Olson
Seattle University Law Review
During a floor debate in 1976, Representative Henry Hyde explained, “I would certainly like to prevent, if I could legally, anybody having an abortion, a rich woman, a middle class woman, or a poor woman. Unfortunately, the only vehicle available is the [Medicaid] bill.” For a short time after the Supreme Court of the United States established the right to abortion in Roe v. Wade, Medicaid did not distinguish between coverage for abortion and other medical services. That all changed when Congress passed the Hyde Amendment to the Medicaid Act in 1976. This Note will argue that a right to …
Will The Zika Virus Enable A Transplant Of Roe V. Wade To Brazil?, Amanda Greenberg
Will The Zika Virus Enable A Transplant Of Roe V. Wade To Brazil?, Amanda Greenberg
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
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