Thinking Critically About Abortion

Why Most Abortions Aren’t Wrong & Why All Abortions Should Be Legal

by Nathan Nobis & Kristina Grob, Open Philosophy Press, 2019

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"Force birther"-ism and Virtue Signaling

There's seems to be an increasingly popular "move" online of calling people who think abortion is wrong and should be illegal ...
No, consent to sex is not consent to pregnancy

There is this often made claim that " consent to sex is consent to pregnancy ." This is intended to be an argument, in this case, ...
Pensando críticamente sobre el aborto: "Thinking Critically About Abortion" in Spanish

Descargar en PDF aquí Versión Kindle , Libro de tapa blanda Amazon.com , Libro de tapa blanda Amazon México , Libro de tapa blanda Amazon...
The Ambiguities of "Life" and "Human": Responding to Steve Jacobs at "Secular Pro-Life"

Steve Jacobs responded at " Secular Pro-Life " to this post of mine that was critical of his dissertation project, and I think h...
"When does life begin?" and "Are fetuses human?": Two bad 'scientific' questions to ask about abortion

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Some claim that the abortion issue is simple: the right to bodily autonomy justifies the (legal and moral) right to abortion, and that'...
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