Debating the Morality and Legality of Abortion

Some Sources for Further Research: Pew Research Poll: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/... Abortion data: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-rea... https://www.guttmacher.org/united-sta... An overview of arguments: John-Stewart Gordon, “Abortion” (IEP) https://iep.utm.edu/abortion/ On Kant and personhood: Manninen BA. Are human embryos Kantian persons?: Kantian considerations in favor of embryonic stem cell research. Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2008 Jan 31;3:4. doi: 10.1186/1747-5341-3-4. PMID: 18237425; PMCID: PMC2263072. On the question of “ensoulment”: Khitamy BA. Divergent views on abortion and the period of ensoulment. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2013 Feb;13(1):26-31. doi: 10.12816/0003192. Epub 2013 Feb 27. PMID: 23573379; PMCID: PMC3616796. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on Abortion: https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-acti... Books: The Ethics of Abortion: Women’s Rights, Human Life, and the Question of Justice (Routledge Annals of Bioethics) 2nd Edition by Christopher Kaczor  Arguments about Abortion: Personhood, Morality, and Law 1st Edition by Kate Greasley Previous Videos: Metaethics:    • An Introduction to Metaethics   Confirmation Bias:    • You Might Be Wrong! (Being Human: Episode 1)   Catholic Social Teaching:    • An Introduction to Catholic Social Teaching