Beckwith, Francis J

Defending Life A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice - New York Cambridge University 2007 - 296p

includes index and biblioraphy

PART I: MORAL REASONING, LAW, AND POLITICS i Abortion and Moral Argument ... 3 2. The Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade, and Abortion Law .... 18 3 Abortion, Liberalism, and State Neutrality ... 42 PART II: ASSESSING THE CASE FOR ABORTION CHOICE AND AGAINST HUMAN INCLUSIVENESS 4 Science, the Unborn, and Abortion Methods .... 65 5 Popular Arguments: Pity, Tolerance, and Ad Hominem ... 93 6 The Nature of Humanness and Whether the Unborn Is a Moral Subject ... 130 7 Does It Really Matter Whether the Unborn Is a Moral Subject? The Case from Bodily Rights ... 172 PART III: EXTENDING AND CONCLUDING THE ARGUMENT 8 Cloning, Bioethics, and Reproductive Liberty... 203 9 Conclusion: A Case for Human Inclusiveness... 226

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