Retten til liv: En undersøgelse af et centralt argument i abortdebatten
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Retten til liv : En undersøgelse af et centralt argument i abortdebatten. / Heðinsdóttir, Katla; Scott-Fordsmand, Helene.
In: Bibliotek for Laeger, Vol. 211, No. 3, 03.09.2019, p. 226-238.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Retten til liv
T2 - En undersøgelse af et centralt argument i abortdebatten
AU - Heðinsdóttir, Katla
AU - Scott-Fordsmand, Helene
PY - 2019/9/3
Y1 - 2019/9/3
N2 - With recent changes in abortion laws in countries such as the USA and Norway, the debates surrounding the ethics of abortion have gained renewed energy. In this article, we investigate a well-known habitué in these debates, namely the right to life. While the controversy often focuses on who has the right to life, there has been less attention to the question of what such a right actually might entail. One famous approach to this question is Judith Jarvis Thomson’s seminal 1971 article “In defence of abortion”. We present Thomson’s discussion of the meaning of a right to life, and with her we conclude that even if a foetus’ right to life is granted, it does not necessarily follow that the foetus has a right to be carried to term.
AB - With recent changes in abortion laws in countries such as the USA and Norway, the debates surrounding the ethics of abortion have gained renewed energy. In this article, we investigate a well-known habitué in these debates, namely the right to life. While the controversy often focuses on who has the right to life, there has been less attention to the question of what such a right actually might entail. One famous approach to this question is Judith Jarvis Thomson’s seminal 1971 article “In defence of abortion”. We present Thomson’s discussion of the meaning of a right to life, and with her we conclude that even if a foetus’ right to life is granted, it does not necessarily follow that the foetus has a right to be carried to term.
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
VL - 211
SP - 226
EP - 238
JO - Bibliotek for Laeger
JF - Bibliotek for Laeger
SN - 0906-5407
IS - 3
ER -
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