The Ethics of Abortion: Pro-Life Vs. Pro-Choice (Contemporary Issues) [Paperback]

Robert M. Baird (Author), Stuart E. Rosenbaum (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1993 | ISBN-10: 0879758058 | ISBN-13: 978-0879758059 | Edition: Rev

One of the first attempts to offer both sides of the abortion debate. This book has been updated and revised with 19 essays, and excerpts from Roe v. Wade (1973); Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1982); and Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992). The new material covers such issues as the right to privacy, abortion and feminism, Christians and abortion, constitutional issues, and whether embryos are persons.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

YA-Another challenging group of essays on a timely theme. The revised edition contains seven opinions from the 1989 edition as well as new essays that consider many sides of the issue. The selections reflect contemporary concerns of thoughtful men and women in the fields of philosophy, theology, psychotherapy, law, medicine, and journalism. Arranged in five sections that deal with broad aspects of the question, the book succeeds in bringing the issues into focus for meaningful analysis. The writing styles are as diverse as the opinions: the cerebral pro-life discussion of Judge Bork; Anna Quindlen's anguished essay; the sensitive narrative of a visit to an abortion clinic by Catholic theologian Daniel Maguire; and the horrific descriptions of case histories of a psychotherapist and a social worker. Students willing to follow the rigorous arguments in this collection may find their own ideas clarified, strengthened, or changed; or, they may have even more questions than when they began.
Jackie Gropman, Richard Byrd Library, Springfield, VA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Prometheus Books; Rev edition (July 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879758058
• ISBN-13: 978-0879758059
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,250,005 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Ethics of Abortion: The Discussion's Ablest Contributors, April 16, 2000

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This review is from: The Ethics of Abortion: Pro-Life Vs. Pro-Choice (Contemporary Issues) (Paperback)

I'm an M.A. student in philosophy who has found this collection very useful and representative of the current state of the issue in American ethics. It contains landmark essays by landmark people and could be of much use both to the lay reader and in ethics classes. One must conclude that the gentleman who found the volume 'appualing' [sic] would be best served by english instruction and higher education before stumbling into untranslated Anglo-American philosophy.

5 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a book for inquisative people, December 13, 1998

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This review is from: The Ethics of Abortion: Pro-Life Vs. Pro-Choice (Contemporary Issues) (Paperback)

This book was very appualing, it was not up to the caliber of the books I usually read. There was not very much controvercy, that you would expect from a book like this. Although the complexity of the few decent stories that they had, it was very easy to understand. My son got ahold of this book, and was soon asking me all there questions about abortion. I thought it to be very unappealing. It offered a weak collection of essays from both side of the operating table. But, my friend, Brad Bucholtz (who lives in Berlin, WI) liked it very much, he bought 10 copies of this book for his whole family!