...This chapter considers the debate over pregnancy and fetal rights. More specifically, it examines whether a pregnant woman should be forced to undergo any prenatal tests or medical treatments, including surgery, that her doctor believes are necessary for a healthy birth. It looks at the case...

... issue having solely to do with the rights of fetuses. The “pro-life” position is based on a crucial fallacy: that the question of fetal rights can be isolated from the question of women’s rights. In their zeal to preserve fetal life at all costs, antiabortionists are ready to grant fetuses more legal...

...-life” position is based on a crucial fallacy—that the question of fetal rights can be isolated from the question of women’s rights. legal abortion right to life anti-abortionists propaganda fetuses fetal rights If propaganda is as central to politics as I think, the opponents of legal abortion...