Arguments about Abortion

Does the morality of abortion depend on the moral status of the human fetus?

Must the law of abortion presume an answer to when personhood begins?

Can laws permitting late abortion but not infanticide be justified?

Kate Greasley addresses these questions by foregrounding the philosophical notion of personhood, offering an alternative to arguments by Ronald Dworkin and Judith Jarvis Thomson.

The book examines prenatal personhood's relevance to abortion ethics, debates on personhood thresholds, gradualism, human equality, birth's significance, regulation, selective abortion, and conscientious objection.