Table of Contents  

    • Preface.
    • Introduction.
  • PART I. BREAKING THROUGH THE STEREOTYPES.
    • Introduction.
    • 1. Breaking Through the Stereotypes, Daniel Callahan & Sidney Callahan.
    • For Further Reading.
  • PART II. THE MAJOR SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
    • Introduction.
    • 2. Roe v. Wade (1973).
    • 3. Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992).
    • For Further Reading.
  • PART III. EVALUATIONS OF ROE V. WADE.
    • Introduction.
    • 4. Roe v. Wade: No Basis in the Law, Logic, or History, Dennis J. Horan & Thomas J. Balch.
    • 5. Roe v. Wade: A Study in Male Ideology, Catharine MacKinnon.
    • 6. Some Thoughts on Autonomy and Equality in Relation to Roe v. Wade, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
    • For Further Reading.
  • PART IV. ARGUMENTS FROM A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO HER BODY.
    • Introduction.
    • 7. A Defense of Abortion, Judith Jarvis Thomson.
    • 8. Arguments from Bodily Rights: A Critical Analysis, Francis J. Beckwith.
    • 9. A Defense of "A Defense of Abortion": On the Responsibility Objection to Thomson's Argument, David Boonin-Vail.
    • 10. Abortion Logic and Paternal Responsibilities: One More Look at Judith Thomson's Argument and a Critique of David Boonin-Vail's Defense of It, Keith Pavlischek.
    • For Further Reading.
  • PART V. PERSONHOOD ARGUMENTS ON ABORTION.
    • Introduction.
    • 11. Abortion Is Morally Wrong, John T. Noonan, Jr.
    • 12. In Defense of Abortion and Infanticide, Michael Tooley.
    • 13. The Scope of the Prohibition against Killing, Philip Devine.
    • 14. Personhood Begins at Conception, Stephen Schwarz.
    • 15. Abortion: A Defense of the Personhood Argument, Louis P. Pojman.
    • 16. Abortion and Human Rights, Norman Gillespie.
    • 17. A Defense of the Moderate Position. L.W. Sumner.
    • For Further Reading.
  • PART VI. BEYOND THE PERSONHOOD ARGUEMENT.
    • Introduction.
    • 18. Abortion: Beyond thePersonhood Argument, Jane English.
    • 19. The Golden Rule Argument against Abortion, Harry J. Gensler.
    • 20. Why Abortion is Immoral, Don Marquis.
    • 21. Does a Fetus Already Have a Future-Like-Ours? Peter K. McInerney.
    • 22. Abortion and the Neo-Natal Right to Life: A Critique of Marquis's Futurist Argument, Gerald H. Paske.
    • 23. A Future Like Ours and the Concept of Person: A Reply to McInerney and Paske, Don Marquis.
    • For Further Reading.
  • PART VII. FEMINIST ARGUMENTS ON ABORTION.
    • Introduction.
    • 24. A Feminist Defense of Abortion, Sally Markowitz.
    • 25. Our Bodies, Our Souls, Naomi Wolf.
    • 26. Abortion and the "Feminine Voice," Celia Wolf-Devine.
    • 27. Taking Women Seriously as People: The Moral Implications for Abortion, Caroline Whitbeck.
  • PART VIII. ABORTION, FAITH AND STATE NEUTRALITY.
    • Introduction.
    • 28. Pluralism, Tolerance, and Abortion Rights, Francis J. Beckwith
    • 29. Abortion, the Court, and the State Neutrality, Ronald Dworkin.
    • For Further Reading.