ABORTION ACCESS IN AN ERA OF CONSTITUTIONAL INFIDELITY
Perhaps the difference between the example of animal slaughter and the issue of abortion is that, while advocates of animal rights might admit that there is some ambiguity to their claim as compared to the claim of religious observers, advocates of fetal rights tend to express absolute conviction th...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Boston University law review 2013-07, Vol.93 (4), p.1297 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Perhaps the difference between the example of animal slaughter and the issue of abortion is that, while advocates of animal rights might admit that there is some ambiguity to their claim as compared to the claim of religious observers, advocates of fetal rights tend to express absolute conviction that fetal interests should in most, if not all, cases trump the interests of women bearing unwanted pregnancies. [...]the reverse is true of advocates of women's reproductive rights. [...]the likelihood that opponents and supporters of abortion would agree to a "middle ground" -- in which there is a rule prohibiting abortion, but exemptions are allowed for individual women who make convincing arguments about their need to have their normative convictions honored -- is low. |
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ISSN: | 0006-8047 |