{"product_id":"beyond-roe-why-abortion-should-be-legal-even-if-the-fetus-is-a-person-paperback","title":"Beyond Roe: Why Abortion Should be Legal--Even if the Fetus is a Person - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Boonin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost arguments for or against abortion focus on one question: is the fetus a person? In this provocative and important book, David Boonin defends the claim that even if the fetus is a person with the same right to life you and I have, abortion should still be legal, and most current restrictions on abortion should be abolished. \u003cem\u003eBeyond Roe \u003c\/em\u003epoints to a key legal precedent: \u003cem\u003eMcFall v. Shimp\u003c\/em\u003e. In 1978, an ailing Robert McFall sued his cousin, David Shimp, asking the court to order Shimp to provide McFall with the bone marrow he needed. The court ruled in Shimp's favor and McFall soon died. Boonin extracts a compelling lesson from the case of \u003cem\u003eMcFall v. Shimp\u003c\/em\u003e--that having a right to life does not give a person the right to use another person's body even if they need to use that person's body to go on living-and he uses this principle to support his claim that abortion should be legal and far less restricted than it currently is, regardless of whether the fetus is a person. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy taking the analysis of the right to life that Judith Jarvis Thomson pioneered in a moral context and applying it in a legal context in this novel way, Boonin offers a fresh perspective that is grounded in assumptions that should be accepted by both sides of the abortion debate. Written in a lively, conversational style, and offering a case study of the value of reason in analyzing complex social issues, \u003cem\u003eBeyond Roe\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to students and scholars in a variety of fields, and to anyone interested in the debate over whether government should restrict or prohibit abortion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Boonin\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder and Director of the Department's Center for Values and Social Policy. His books include \u003cem\u003eA Defense of Abortion\u003c\/em\u003e (2003), \u003cem\u003eThe Problem of Punishment\u003c\/em\u003e (2008), \u003cem\u003eShould Race Matter?\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), and \u003cem\u003eThe Non-Identity Problem and the Ethics of Future People\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2014).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753911255328,"sku":"9780190904845","price":46.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9bb23cbe9707486d4aa2d65d3afc31eb.webp?v=1780029388","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/beyond-roe-why-abortion-should-be-legal-even-if-the-fetus-is-a-person-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}