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The Abortion Decision: What About Dad?, Erica C. Graham
The Abortion Decision: What About Dad?, Erica C. Graham
Bioethics in Faith and Practice
The modern utilitarian abortion debate focuses on how women are affected by abortion but has neglected the utilitarian concerns of men. Abortion is currently justified based on ethical claims that apply to both men and women equally. These ethical claims include empowerment in reproductive decisions, not desiring to become a parent, socioeconomic concerns, moral responsibility over children, pregnancy resulting from coercion, and autonomy. This paper reveals the equivalent ethical claims of men and women to these claims and argues for men having a legal say in deciding whether or not to abort.
Abortion And The Link To Breast Cancer, Jennifer Heiden
Abortion And The Link To Breast Cancer, Jennifer Heiden
CedarEthics: A Journal of Critical Thinking in Bioethics
“It is only reasonable to conclude, from all extant evidence, that induced abortion is indeed a risk factor for breast cancer, despite the strong and pervasive bias in the recent literature in the direction of viewing abortion as safe for women.” So states Joel Brind, in a landmark review of the evidence for the abortion - breast cancer (ABC) link (2005, p. 110). Over the last forty years, this issue has been an intriguing topic of research, for both scientific and ideological reasons. But what can we conclude from the published studies currently available? According to a comprehensive meta-analysis by …
Roe V. House: A Dialogue On Abortion, Katie Condit
Roe V. House: A Dialogue On Abortion, Katie Condit
CedarEthics: A Journal of Critical Thinking in Bioethics
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Tubman Versus Hodgson: A Conversation About Abortion, Nicole Brewin
Tubman Versus Hodgson: A Conversation About Abortion, Nicole Brewin
CedarEthics: A Journal of Critical Thinking in Bioethics
No abstract provided.
Virtue Ethics And Abortion, Jacob Countryman
Virtue Ethics And Abortion, Jacob Countryman
CedarEthics: A Journal of Critical Thinking in Bioethics
Singer suggests that the argument of abortion has missed the point. He asserts that the debate should focus on if it is wrong to kill an innocent human being instead of arguing whether a fetus is or is not an innocent human being. The Pro-Choice arguments of when personhood begins are vague and, therefore, cannot provide a concrete moment of when personhood starts. Since reason can only go so far in its ability to determine ethics, this paper will explain that Singer also misses the point; rather, striving to be virtuous demonstrates that abortion is morally wrong.