Table of Contents

Part I: Why Abortion Should Be Legal
Chapter 1: An Unusual Case
Chapter 2: The Lesson of the Case
Chapter 3: Changing the Case
Chapter 4: Hypothetical Cases
Chapter 5: Contraceptive Failure Chapter 6: Failure to Use Contraception
Chapter 7: Sex Selection
Chapter 8: Genetic Screening
Chapter 9: Viability
Chapter 10: Infanticide
Chapter 11: Feticide Part II: Objections and Responses
Chapter 12: Consent
Chapter 13: Responsibility
Chapter 14: Child Support
Chapter 15: Parents
Chapter 16: Children
Chapter 17: Natural Purposes
Chapter 18: Cause of Death
Chapter 19: Intentions
Chapter 20: Other Differences
Chapter 21: Other Objections Part III: Why Abortion Should Be Less Restricted
Chapter 22: Insurance Restrictions
Chapter 23: The Hyde Amendment
Chapter 24: Mandatory Waiting Periods
Chapter 25: Mandatory Counseling
Chapter 26: Mandatory Ultrasounds
Chapter 27: Parental Consent and Notification
Chapter 28: Other Restrictions
Chapter 29: Summary and Conclusion Postscript

About the Author

David Boonin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder and Director of the Department's Center for Values and Social Policy. His books include A Defense of Abortion (2003), The Problem of Punishment (2008), Should Race Matter? (2011), and The Non-Identity Problem and the Ethics of Future People (OUP 2014).

Reviews

What Boonin presents here is a perspicuous and engaging
*Kate Greasley, Criminal Law and Philosophy*