Abortion. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Belinda Bennett.
• Other Names: Bennett, Belinda
• Contents: Pt. I. Personhood, prenatal life and reproductive rights. Is there a 'new ethics of abortion'? / Raanan Gillon ; A defense of abortion / Judith Jarvis Thomson ; The rights and wrongs of abortion: a reply to Judith Thomson / John Finnis ; A defense of 'A defense of abortion': on the responsibility objection to Thomson's argument / David Boonin ; Thomson's violinist and conjoined twins / Kenneth Einar Himma ; The moral significance of birth / Mary Anne Warren ; Abortion and embodiment / Catriona Mackenzie ; Fetal images: the power of visual culture in the politics of reproduction / Rosalind Pollack Petchesky ; More than 'a woman's right to choose'? / Susan Himmelweit ; Reflections on sex equality under law / Catherine A. MacKinnon ; Prenatal invasions and interventions: what's wrong with fetal rights / Janet Gallagher -- pt. II. Regulating abortion: international perspectives. The criminal sanction as it relates to human reproduction: the genesis of the statutory prohibition of abortion / Shelley Gavigan ; Abortion laws: comparative and feminist perspectives in Australia, England and the United States / Kerry Petersen ; Unenumerated rights: whether and how Roe should be overruled / Ronald Dworkin ; Member state sovereignty and women's reproductive rights: the European Union's response / Peta-Gaye Miller ; Making abortions safe: a matter of good public health policy and practice / Marge Berer ; The problem of coerced abortion in China and related ethical issues / Jing-Bao Nie -- pt. III. Health professionals and abortion. The need for more physicians trained in abortion: raising future physicians' awareness / Steve Heilig and Therese S. Wilson ; The pro-life maternal-fetal medicine physician: a problem of integrity / Jeffrey Blustein and Alan R. Fleischman ; Freedom of conscience, professional responsibility, and access to abortion / Rebecca S. Dresser -- pt. IV. Prenatal diagnosis and abortion. One principle and three fallacies of disability studies / John Harris ; Prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion: a challenge to practice and policy / Adrienne Asch ; The disability rights critique of prenatal genetic testing: reflections and recommendations / Erik Parens and Adrienne Asch ; Abortion, autonomy and prenatal diagnosis / Emily Jackson ; Abortion and the law: questions for feminism / Nivedita Menon.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (584 pages)
• Subjects: 179.7/6; Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects; Abortion -- Law and legislation; Abortion, Induced -- ethics; Abortion, Induced -- legislation & jurisprudence; Beginning of Human Life -- ethics; Personhood; Prenatal Diagnosis; Avortement -- Aspect moral; Avortement -- Droit; Abortion -- Law and legislation; Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects; Abortus provocatus; Juridische aspecten; Ethische aspecten; Medische ethiek; Avortement -- Aspect moral
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351961240; 1351961241
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.