DeGrazia on abortion law and policy

In Creation Ethics, David DeGrazia deals with a range of questions that challenge our understanding of ethical reproduction.1 In this short commentary, I wish to focus on DeGrazia's treatment of the ethics of abortion and specifically his views on whether abortion should be publically funded.In...

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Main Author: McGuinness, Sheelagh (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2015
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 41, Issue: 5, Pages: 422-423
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