Theoretical medicine and bioethicsHumansAbortionInducedPregnancyFemale
Reconsidering the impairment argument against abortion.
Bruce P Blackshaw
Published: 202610.1007/s11017-025-09736-z
Abstract
The impairment argument aims to establish the immorality of abortion without relying on the fetus's moral status. Instead, it appeals to logical consistency in moral reasoning: if it is immoral to impair a fetus by causing injury, then it must be eve…
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