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The Pregnancy Rescue Case: why abortion is immoral
  1. Perry Hendricks
  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota Morris, Morris, Minnesota, USA
  1. Correspondence to Perry Hendricks, Department of Philosophy, University of Minnestoa Morris, Morris, Minnesota 56267, USA; hendri59{at}purdue.edu

Abstract

In cases in which we must choose between either (i) preventing a woman from remaining unwillingly pregnant or (ii) preventing a fetus from being killed, we should prevent the fetus from being killed. But this suggests that in typical cases abortion is wrong: typical abortions involve preventing a woman from remaining unwillingly pregnant over preventing a fetus from being killed. And so abortion is typically wrong—and this holds whether or not fetuses are persons.

  • Abortion - Induced

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https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2023-109107

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    • Contributors PH is the sole author and also resposible for the content as guarantor.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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