"It has been more than thirty years since the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, and the culture war over reproductive freedom shows no signs of resolution or abatement." "Alexander Sanger has taken an urgent, fresh look at the pro-choice position - and even the pro-life …
"Bioethicists have achieved consensus on two ideas pertaining to beginning of life issues: (1) persons are those beings capable of higher-order cognition, or self-consciousness, and (2) it is impermissible to kill only persons. As a consequence, a consensus is reached regarding …
Schwangerschaftsabbrüche, die zu einem Zeitpunkt stattfinden, zu dem die Föten bereits potentiell extrauterin lebensfähig sind, stoßen in der Gesellschaft auf Empörung. Eine Selektion behinderter Föten wird befürchtet, da Auslöser eines Spätabbruchs häufig ein pathologischer Bef…