Beschreibung:
This second edition features a foreword by US abortion provider and reproductive justice advocate Dr. Willie Parker, as well as additional chapters that consider the rights of doctors and nurses to withdraw from abortion provision on grounds of conscience. Furedi also surveys the rapidly changing landscape of the abortion debate, including the rights of women in the aftermath of Trump's presidency; debates, politics and religion in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; and the differing levels of provision across Europe.
1. Introduction: Why Abortion Needs a Moral Defence.- 2. Why Abortion Is a Fact of Life.- 3. The Case Against Abortion.- 4. The Case Against "The Case Against".- 5. It Is Human? Do We Care?- 6. Because Women Are People.- 7. Claims of Conscience.- 8. New Challenges to Choice.- 9. Self Determination.- 10. The Most Important Freedom.