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Making a Case for Stricter Abortion Laws

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Authors:
  1. Henrik Friberg-Fernros

    1. Political Science Department, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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  • Provides readers with up-to-date information on the laws surrounding abortion
  • Outlines a new version of the precautionary argument for more restrictive abortion laws in the Western world
  • Analyses the feasibility of making abortion laws more restrictive
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Regulating Abortion Under Uncertainty

    • Henrik Friberg-Fernros
    Pages 1-19

  3. The Moral Risk of Abortion

    • Henrik Friberg-Fernros
    Pages 21-54

  4. Ways of Making Western Abortion Laws More Restrictive

    • Henrik Friberg-Fernros
    Pages 55-93

  5. Conclusions

    • Henrik Friberg-Fernros
    Pages 95-101

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 103-105
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About this book

This book questions how abortion laws can be regulated in a time when abortion rights are still subject to intense debate.

It addresses objections to basing abortion law on considerations of moral risk, presents two anti-abortion arguments – the deprivation argument and the substance view – to demonstrate the risk of permitting abortion, and discusses the moral risk of restricting access to abortion when it may unjustifiably harm women. The author also shows how welfare states can address the negative effects of restrictive abortion laws by preventive, mitigative and compensatory measures.

This is a thought-provoking and challenging book that will be of great interest to those considering abortion laws across the fields of medical ethics, bioethics, moral philosophy, law and politics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Political Science Department, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Henrik Friberg-Fernros

About the author

Henrik Friberg-Fernros is Associate Professor at the Political Science Department, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Making a Case for Stricter Abortion Laws

  • Authors: Henrik Friberg-Fernros

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57291-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-57290-1Published: 28 July 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86123-4Published: 13 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57291-8Published: 19 July 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 105

  • Topics: Bioethics, Social Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Feminism

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