Responsible Reproductive Choice in the 21st Century
Procreation and Abortion
Seiten
2023
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Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-9177-6 (ISBN)
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-9177-6 (ISBN)
This book systematically traces the development, significance, and implications of female reproductive choice. Paramount is the right to safe termination of pregnancy (TOP). In the USA, these rights are under threat after the reversal of Roe v Wade (1973), confirming the eternally contested nature of the pro-life/pro-choice standoff. The approach is unique and from all angles – historical, social, emotional, and legal. South African experience is evaluated against a global backdrop.Arguing from an ethics of responsibility, the book presents a justified, balanced, rational, and moderate position on the moral acceptability of TOP. It proposes that the morality TOP be evaluated by balancing inherent foetal moral significance against contingent potentiality: context and circumstance that may determine foetal development. TOP is a choice a woman faces with each pregnancy. It always has moral implications – exclusive to the life of the woman. So, too, do continued pregnancy and parenthood, but these are of greater magnitude and duration.
Malcolm de Roubaix is a retired anaesthesiologist with doctorate degrees in both medicine (anaesthesiology) and philosophy (bioethics). He has published more than 35 articles on both topics in peer reviewed journals and is the author of a prize-winning book in Afrikaans, entitled Hoop, Heling en Harmonie – Dink Nuut oor Siekte en Genesing (Hope, Healing and Harmony – Reflection on Illness and Cure). He is a regular contributor to the lay press on ethical issues of our time.He chaired a human research ethics committee at the University of Stellenbosch Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and is a Fellow of the Center for Applied Ethics, Department of Philosophy, at the same university.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.02.2023 |
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| Verlagsort | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 212 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5275-9177-8 / 1527591778 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5275-9177-6 / 9781527591776 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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