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Abortion: Abortion is the medical or surgical intervention to terminate a pregnancy, usually for personal, health or social reasons.
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Peter Singer on Abortion - Dictionary of Arguments

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Abortion/P. Singer: The verdict of the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v., Wade is available online. The main points are summarized in
J. Feinberg (ed.) Probem of Abortion, Belmont, 1984
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See also
Edwin Schur, Crimes Without Victims. NJ 1965
Abortion/Paul Ramsey: Ramsey argues with the uniqueness of the fetus against abortion in: D.H. Labby (ed.) Life or Death: Ethics and Options (London, 1968).
See also
Don Marquis VsAbortion/MarquisVsAbortion: "Why abortion is immoral“ Journal of Philosophy, 86, (1989), pp. 183-202.
NorcrossVsMarquis: in Norcross, „Killing, Abortion and Contraception: A Reply to Marquis“, Journal of Philosophy, 87 (1990), pp. 268-77.
See also
>Abortion/Judith Thomson.


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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

SingerP I
Peter Singer
Practical Ethics (Third Edition) Cambridge 2011

SingerP II
P. Singer
The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically. New Haven 2015


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