urquhart@utcs.UUCP (Prof. A. Urquhart) (03/11/85)
I have been reading net.abortion for a few weeks now and I think both pro-life and pro-choice supporters would profit from reading: Abortion and Moral Theory by L.W. Sumner Princeton University Press (1981) Sumner's book is clear, well argued and settles many questions definitively. He discusses the 'liberal view' (every woman has a right to her body; a fetus has no moral standing) and the 'conservative view' (that any fetus has a right to life) and suggests a third way (that somewhere between conception and birth the fetus aquires a moral standing). He also discusses Utilitarian and Rights theories in the context of the abortion issue. I would welcome a discussion of his views. Andre Vellino University of Toronto General Purpose Unix