In this provocative and accessible book, the author defends a
pro-choice perspective but also takes seriously pro-life concerns
about the moral value of the human fetus, questioning whether a
fetus is nothing more than "mere tissue." She examines the legal
status of the fetus in the recent Personhood Amendments in state
legislatures and in Supreme Court decisions and asks whether "Roe
v. Wade" should have focused on the viability of the fetus or on
the bodily integrity of the woman.
Manninen approaches the abortion controversy through a variety of
perspectives and ethical frameworks. She addresses the social
circumstances that influence many women's decision to abort and
considers whether we believe that there are good and bad reasons to
abort. Manninen also looks at the call for post-abortion fetal
grieving rituals for women who desire them and the attempt to make
room in the pro-choice position for the views of prospective
fathers.
The author spells out how the two sides demonize each other and
proposes ways to find degrees of convergence between the seemingly
intractable positions.
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