abortion extra reading

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pill of choice
drug RU 486 caused great controversey
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Pill of choice
opened up a new realm of privacy
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Pill of choice
reduces fatality of abortion at the time 50% maternal mortality was due to unsafe abortion
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termination of early pregnancy
RU 486 is an effective and safe method for termination of very early pregnancy but it should only be used under close medical suprevision
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The future of human reproduction
1990s witnessed changes on the thought of abortion
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The future of human reproduction
british governments have lacked the conviction to legislate on abortion
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The future of human reproduction
rights given to the doctor to choose whether the abortion should be carried out
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The future of human reproduction
laws have not ruled out rights of others
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The future of human reproduction
ronald dworkin commends a search for common ground on the basis that both sides of the debate on abortion value the santity of life
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Herring
english law makes it clear the fetus is not a person until born
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Herring
requires a serparate existence from its mother
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Herring
some believe a fetus is a person from conception
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Herring
a fetus has a moral claim based on potential
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Kennedy and grubb
reducing the time limit on abortion would not decrease the amount of abortions
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Kennedy and grubb
consideration of why women have abortions is paramount
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Kennedy and grubb
rejection for time limit to be reduced from 24 weeks to 22 weeks
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Sally Sheldon
the abortion act is grounded in tired inaccurate and sexist stereotypes of female irrationality slefishness and moral immaturity
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Kennedy and grubb
no direct mention of unlawfulness for sexual selection
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Abortion doctors and the law
law does not seek to dictate decisions that have moral and ethical overtones
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Abortion doctors and the law
history suggests that legislation designed to effect human behaviour rarely has the effect intended by the legislators
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Abortion doctors and the law
abortions performed no viewed as crimes but as medical procedures
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Abortion doctors and the law
decision remains in medical hands
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morning after pill
does the morning after pill require compliance with 1967 abortion act
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morning after pill
miscarriages covers does not include before implantation
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abortion unexamined ground
foetal abnormality ground - eugenic what degree of of serious handicap
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abortion unexamined ground
substantial risk must be present
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abortion unexamined ground
limited interpretation of section
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abortion unexamined ground
would an abortion for this purpose be in the interests of the child or the parents
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jackson
2011- 96% abortions funded by NHS
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jackson
will never be agreement on legality of abortion
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jackson
moral status of the fetus
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jackson
is it morally wrong to allow a woman to continue an unwanted pregnancy
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jackson
should the fetus be offered some protection
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jackson
john finnis said unborn child is a person
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jackson
mary ann warren fetus is not a person and so cannot have full moral rights
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jackson
philip abbot danger of comatose people being classified as not having personhood
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jackson`
raanan gillon- what momentus change takes place from exiting the womb which makes them worthy of personhood
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jackson
don marquis- deprivation of a future makes killing morally wrong why is this not the same for abortion
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jackson
margaret olivia little- to be pregnant is to be inhabited
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jackson
eileen l mcdonagh- -pregnancy is a condition constituting massive transformation of a womans body and liberty
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jackson
judith jarvis thompson- violinist analogy
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jackson
reva siegel- presumption of sexual indiscretion
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jackson
rosalind hursthouse- flawed grasp of what life is about by not persuing motherhood
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jackson
ronald dworkin- if exceptions can be made for **** or incest then there is no presumption of life beginning at conception
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jackson
simple and routine and frequently performed operation
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jackson
35-40% women in england will have an abortion
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jackson
is it too readily available
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jackson
essential fundamental right essential for moving forward equality between men and women
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jackson
forcing a woman to carry a pregnancy to term violates autonomy
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jackson
5 methods of abortion
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jackson
1967 act provides extensive defense to any criminal charge
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jackson
does not provide a right to abortion
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jackson
woman's choice should be respected
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jackson
focus is on opinions of doctors in good faith
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jackson
smith case= convicted not in good faith or justified on statutory grounds
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jackson
risk to physical or mental health risk of harm must be greater than if the pregnancy was continued
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jackson
emergency abortions medical emergency and so must be performed asap
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jackson
where can abortions take place- registered licenced premises
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jackson
in the eyes of the law the fetus has no legal standing
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jackson
if the law aims to protect and entrench any rights is not those of the woman but of the doctor
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jackson
multiple argument for when personhood begins
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reduces fatality of abortion at the time 50% maternal mortality was due to unsafe abortion

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RU 486 is an effective and safe method for termination of very early pregnancy but it should only be used under close medical suprevision

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1990s witnessed changes on the thought of abortion

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