Citation

Cohen IG. J. Law Med. Ethics 2015; 43(1): 87-104.

Affiliation

Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law, Bioethics, and Biotechnology at Harvard Law School.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jlme.12198

PMID

25846041

Abstract

Politics, public discourse, and legislation restricting abortion has settled on a moderate orthodoxy: restrict abortion, but leave exceptions for pregnancies that result from rape and incest. I challenge that consensus and suggest it may be much harder to defend than those who support the compromise think. From both Pro-Life and Pro-Choice perspectives, there are good reasons to treat all abortions as equal.

Language: en