2022
DOI: 10.33392/diam.1794
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Artificial Wombs, Thomson and Abortion – What Might Change?

Abstract: Ectogenesis (artificial wombs) might soon become a reality. This paper will analyse how the development of such technologies will affect Judith Jarvis Thomson’s defence of abortion, and what the potential consequences of this will be for society. Thomson attempts to justify abortion by appealing to the mother’s right to bodily autonomy. We will argue that once these technologies have been developed, the right to abortion can no longer be justified by  such appeals. As a result, when justifying abortion, Thomso… Show more

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“…Pruski, Playford (2022): 40.25 Ibidem.26 Authors' emphasis,Pruski, Playford (2022): 40. 27 Ibidem: 43.…”
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“…Pruski, Playford (2022): 40.25 Ibidem.26 Authors' emphasis,Pruski, Playford (2022): 40. 27 Ibidem: 43.…”
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“…Leridon (1977);Boklage (1990).29 Pruski and Playford seem keenly interested in the harms of "unsightly" scarring associated with caesarean sections, although contend this may be "a cost perhaps trivial enough to make it obligatory for Thomson's Minimally Decent Samaritan " Pruski, Playford (2022)…”
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