Affiliation:
1. Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Abstract
When restrictive abortion policies are presented there are often two questions posed: will there be an exception to save the life of the ‘mother’ and will there be an exception in the case of rape or incest. This article will demonstrate that there are no distinctive elements to the first ‘exception’, that do not also apply to all abortions on demand. Through consideration of the potentially lethal impacts of pregnancy on physical and mental health, the case will be made that all requested abortions fit the criteria of ‘medically necessary’.
Subject
Philosophy,Issues, ethics and legal aspects,Medicine (miscellaneous)
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