Abortion and social responsibility : depolarizing the debate /

Shrage argues that Roe v Wade's regulatory scheme of a six-month time span for abortion on demand polarized the public and obscured alternatives with potentially broader support. She explores the origins of that scheme, then defends an alternate one--with a time span shorter than 6 months forno...

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Main Author: Shrage, Laurie, 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Series:Studies in feminist philosophy.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Shrage argues that Roe v Wade's regulatory scheme of a six-month time span for abortion on demand polarized the public and obscured alternatives with potentially broader support. She explores the origins of that scheme, then defends an alternate one--with a time span shorter than 6 months fornon-therapeutic abortions--that could win broad support needed to make legal abortion services available to all women.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 173 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-169) and index.
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