@article {Gillhammedethics-2020-107176, author = {Alex Gillham}, title = {Strengthened impairment argument: restating Marquis?}, elocation-id = {medethics-2020-107176}, year = {2021}, doi = {10.1136/medethics-2020-107176}, publisher = {Institute of Medical Ethics}, abstract = {Blackshaw and Hendricks recently developed a strengthened version of the impairment argument (SIA) that imports Marquis{\textquoteright} account of the wrongness of abortion. I then argued that if SIA imports Marquis{\textquoteright} account, then it restates Marquis{\textquoteright} position and thus is not very significant. In turn, Blackshaw and Hendricks explained why they take SIA to be importantly different from Marquis{\textquoteright} account. I have two aims in this response. First, I reconstruct Blackshaw and Hendricks{\textquoteright} arguments for the claim that SIA is importantly different from Marquis{\textquoteright} account. Second, I argue that SIA is not importantly different from Marquis{\textquoteright} account in the respect that Blackshaw and Hendricks take it to be.}, issn = {0306-6800}, URL = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2021/01/26/medethics-2020-107176}, eprint = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2021/01/26/medethics-2020-107176.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Medical Ethics} }