Bibliograph

Life in the balance, exploring the abortion controversy, Robert N. Wennberg

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Life in the balance, exploring the abortion controversy, Robert N. Wennberg

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-181) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Life in the balance

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

12315429

Responsibility statement

Robert N. Wennberg

Sub title

exploring the abortion controversy

Summary

Discusses the moral, medical, religious, and legal aspects of abortion and summarizes the various arguments for and against abortion

Table Of Contents

Procedural comments -- Posing the problem -- The risks -- The reasons -- The medical ground -- The psychiatric ground -- The criminal ground -- The eugenic ground -- The socio-economic ground -- The ground of extreme youth -- The personal ground -- The fetus -- Fetal brain development -- Persons, souls, and fetuses -- Establishing a right to life : decisive moment theories -- The actuality principle -- The potentiality principle -- The species principle -- Making a decision -- Abortion and the law

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