Abstract
Lisa Cahill begins with her views on the value of the fetus. Although she does not say so explicitly, the reader is to understand that these value judgments are supported by the subsequent philosophical and theological discussion. My discussion addresses Cahill’s initial propositions, and then the main body of her paper.
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Abernethy, V. (1984). Commentary to Chapter 10. In: Callahan, S., Callahan, D. (eds) Abortion. The Hastings Center Series in Ethics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2753-0_18
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