USA – Why the case against abortion is weak, ethically speaking

Many medical procedures are ethically similar to abortion — but without the outcry. Why?

By NATHAN NOBIS - JONATHAN DUDLEY
APRIL 11, 2021

Abortion rights are under attack. But ethics education can help — and defenders of abortion rights should recognize this, before it's too late.

In recent years, over 250 abortion-restrictive laws have been proposed across 45 states. Arkansas and South Carolina are the most recent states to pass laws to ban abortion after 6 weeks into pregnancy, when a "heartbeat" can be detected in the fetus and before many women even know they are pregnant.

Continued: https://www.salon.com/2021/04/11/why-the-case-against-abortion-is-weak-ethically-speaking/

Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929–2020)

Judith Jarvis Thomson was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. Her justly famous essay in defense of abortion rights is a model for how to combine philosophical rigor with political engagement in the real world.

BY BEN BURGIS
11.30.2020

A fan-favorite episode of NBC’s The Good Place is called “The Trolley Problem.” If you’ve watched it, or if you’re one of the quarter of a million people who follow the “Trolley problem memes” page on Facebook, you know at least a little bit about Judith Jarvis Thomson’s work — even if you’ve never heard her name.

The prehistory of this philosophical puzzle goes back to Philippa Foot. In an essay crammed with examples intended to illustrate the complexities of an obscure idea in moral philosophy called the “doctrine of double effect,” she introduces the “driver of a runaway tram which he can only steer from one track to another.” If he does nothing, he’ll kill five workers doing repairs on the track. If he steers onto an alternate track, he’ll only kill one. Foot thought it was obvious that “we should say, without hesitation, that the driver should steer for the unoccupied track.”

Continued: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/11/judith-jarvis-thompson-obituary-abortion-essay

30.11.2020

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Nepal: A case for abortion

Should we allow abortions to occur?

by NISSIM RAJ ANGDEMBAY, Kathmandu

Is it ethical to prevent a woman from getting an abortion and make her carry a foetus to term that clearly has no chance of living?

Oct 19, 2016- Abortion, as defined by The Oxford Dictionary of English, is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, as opposed to a miscarriage. Currently, there are two methods for having an abortion: medical abortion and a surgical one. Abortion has been performed since the ancient era; the first recorded evidence of an abortion comes from a 1550 BCE Egyptian Papyrus. The topic of abortion is widely debated and contested, with passionate opinions on both sides. The divide on abortion stems from its biological, philosophical, ethical, religious and legal issues surrounding it. But should we allow abortions to occur?

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Source: Kathmandu Post

19.10.2016