Ethics of Abortion: Pro-Life Vs. Pro-Choice

by Robert M. Baird (Editor)

Comprehensive and balanced, this new third edition again makes available the most useful writing on the controversial abortion issue. Twenty-four essays and four excerpts from landmark Supreme Court decisions - including eleven new outstanding contributions - cover the history of abortion in the pre-Roe period; creative responses to the problem of abandoned infants; abortion in relation to the Constitution, feminism, and Christianity; and fundamental moral issues surrounding this polarizing controversy.Contributors include Joan C. Callahan, Sidney Callahan, Gregg Easterbrook, Harry J. Gensler, Rick Hampson, Jack Hitt, Miriam Jordan, Gary Leber, Daniel C. Maguire, Don Marquis, Kathryn E. May, Michael W. McConnell, Ellen Messer, Anna Quindlen, Roger A. Paynter, Jeffrey H. Reiman, Richard Selzer, Richard Schoenig, Paul D. Simmons, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Mary Anne Warren, John T. Wilcox, Naomi Wolf, and Melvin L. Wulf.

354 pages, Paperback

First published November 16, 1989

Reviews

[John Yelverton]

This book is a collection of essays, papers, decisions, and articles debating both sides of the abortion issue. Unfortunately for the reader, the sections range from interesting to have you lost your ever loving mind!? This results in a very unsatisfying read.

[Keith Madsen]

This is a very helpful book in exploring this divisive issue, with a good balance of arguments on both sides.

[Fritz]

Interesting to read the differing perspectives but it would be nice to have all the essays in chronological order so we can see how the opinions have evolved. As opposed to jumping around from decade to decade.

[Trina]

Decent read. Didn't change my views on the issue but gave me new perspective on both sides of the issue.