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Moral status of the fetus and the permissibility of abortion: a contractarian response to Thomson’s violinist thought experiment
- Correspondence to Dr Matthew John Minehan, Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University, Barton, ACT 2600, Australia; mmin1554{at}alumni.sydney.edu.au
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Moral status of the fetus and the permissibility of abortion: a contractarian response to Thomson’s violinist thought experiment
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- Received August 16, 2020
- Revised March 27, 2021
- Accepted April 5, 2021
- First published May 7, 2021.
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November 15, 2022
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