Abortion: Pro-Choice or Pro-Life?

by Gary Crum, Thelma McCormack

Overview

If you oppose abortion, are you ethically justified in preventing a pregnant woman from getting an abortion? Why don't anti-abortion politicians devote more energy to helping needy children whose mothers chose not to have abortions? Questions of this sort have generated more emotion than reason for decades. Using medical, legal and public opinion data the authors examine the complex dilemmas raised by the abortion issue. Gary Crum and Thelma McCormack each take a strong stand and give a vigorous rendering of the pro-life and pro-choice positions based on solid data. This careful examination of the moral, political, social and medical aspects of abortion is a vital addition to the literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781879383043
Publisher:	University Publishing Association
Publication date:	12/30/1991
Series:	American University Press Public Policy Series
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.84(w) x 8.96(h) x 0.34(d)

About the Author

Gary Crum holds a doctorate in Philosophy and a masters in Public Health; he is a Professor of Health Sciences at George Washington University. Thelma McCormack is a Professor of Sociology at York University in Toronto and former President of the Canadian Sociological and Anthropological Association.

Editorial Reviews

The writing is excellent and the format is unusual in presenting both sides of the abortion debate. The arguments are scholarly, strongly presented, succinct, and clear. This book is a valuable acquistion for educators and clinicians involved in or concerned with abortion.

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