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A Defense of Abortion is a moral philosophy essay by Judith Jarvis Thomson first published in Philosophy & Public Affairs in 1971. Granting for the sake of argument that the fetus has a right to life, Thomson uses thought experiments to argue that the right to life does not include, entail, or imply the right to use someone else's body to survive and that induced abortion is therefore morally ...
Judith Jarvis Thomson (October 4, 1929 – November 20, 2020) was an American philosopher who studied and worked on ethics and metaphysics.Her work ranges across a variety of fields, but she is most known for her work regarding the thought experiment titled the trolley problem and her writings on abortion.
The March for Life is an annual rally and march against the practice and legality of abortion, held in Washington, D.C., either on or around the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a decision legalizing abortion nationwide which was issued in 1973 by the United States Supreme Court. The participants in the march have advocated the overturning of Roe v.
The Morality of Abortion: Legal and Historical Perspectives. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-58725-1. Olson, E (1997). The Human Animal. New York: Oxford University Press. Paske, G (1994). "Abortion and the Neo-Natal Right to Life: A Critique of Marquis's Futurist Argument". The Abortion Controversy. In Pojman & Beckwith 1998, pp. 361–371.
I don't think there's a clear origin of the objection since it was taken up by many people in response to Thomson's 'A Defense of Abortion'. Nonetheless, the Responsibility Objection" was coined by Harry S. Silverstein in 'On A Woman's "Responsibility" for the Fetus', published in Social Theory and Practice (1987:Spring), 13(1), p.103-119.
The difference was stark, then, on Tuesday night, when Vice President Kamala Harris gave a forceful defense of abortion rights during her presidential debate with Republican Donald Trump. Harris conveyed the dire medical situations women have found themselves in since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion in 2022.
Abortion already is dominating the Supreme Court’s new term, months before the justices will decide whether to reverse decisions reaching back nearly 50 years. Not only is there Mississippi's ...
This category contains articles about non-fiction printed media (books, academic papers, and articles) dealing with abortion. Pages in category "Non-fiction literature about abortion" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.