Based on a non-consequentialist ethical theory, this book
critically examines the prevalent view that if a fetus has the
moral standing of a person, it has a right to life and abortion is
impermissible. Most discussion of abortion has assumed that this
view is correct, and so has focused on the question of the
personhood of the fetus. Kamm begins by considering in detail the
permissibility of killing in non-abortion cases which are similar
to abortion cases. She goes on to consider the case for the
permissibility of abortion in many types of pregnancies, including
ones resulting from rape, voluntary pregnancy, and pregnancy
resulting from a voluntary sex act, even if the fetus is considered
a person. This argument emerges as part of a broader theory of
creating new people responsibly. Kamm explores the implications of
this argument for informed consent to abortion; responsibilities in
pregnancy that is not aborted, and the significance of
extra-uterine gestation devices for the permissibility of abortion.
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