Overview

This second volume in the series ""Advances in Bioethics"" focuses on the legal, sociological, religious, political and above all ethical implications of abortion. The book charts the ""shark-infested"" waters of the Abortion Debate encountering issues regarding definition of life and death; the Roman Catholic position as well as the practical issues of public funding and abortion counselling.

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Author:   Rem B. Edwards ,  Edward Bittar ,  Rem B. Edwards
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   JAI Press Inc.
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.686kg
ISBN:  

9780762301942

ISBN 10:   0762301945
Pages:   364
Publication Date:   16 September 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of contributors. Preface (R.B. Edwards). Ontogenesis of the brain in the human organism: definitions of life and death of the human being and person (J. Korein). Abortion procedures and abortifacients (J.E. Hodgson). Abortion and the law: the Supreme Court, privacy and abortion (F.H. Marsh). Abortion and religion (N.R. Howell). The Roman Catholic position on abortion (R. Barry). ""Conservative"" views of abortion (P.E. Devine). Moderate views of abortion (L.W. Sumner). Not drowning but waving: reflections on swimming through the shark-infested waters of the abortion debate (N.A. Davis). An essay on the moral status question (L.M. Schwartz). Public funding of abortions and abortion counseling for poor women (R.B. Edwards). Index.

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