Abortion and Organ Donation: Christian Reflections on Bodily Life Support

In this essay I argue that childbearing and various kinds of organ donation are morally analogous activities. I argue, further, that the ethos of giftgiving ought to inform our analyses of both of these forms of bodily life support. This reframing of the abortion and organ donation debates yields ne...

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Main Author: Jung, Patricia Beattie 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1988
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1988, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 273-305
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