The Facts of Life
Science and the Abortion Controversy
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 1 September 1994
- ISBN 9780195090468
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages192 pages
- Size 203x127x14 mm
- Weight 226 g
- Language English
- Illustrations line drawings 0
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Short description:
An accessible, balanced, and non-polemical approach to the abortion controversy. Focuses on fetal development of the cerebral cortex and its implications on traditional definitions of "humanness".
MoreLong description:
In this novel examination of the issue of abortion, the authors offer a primer in the biological aspects of fetal development and its impact on the abortion controversy. Although purely scientific study cannot offer a universal solution to the issue of abortion, nor can a purely political or moral response be fully informed without the benefit of the latest scientific knowledge.
Reviewing the latest developments in molecular biology, evolutionary biology, embryology, and neurophysiology, the authors reveal a surprising agreement of scientific opinion on when 'humanness' begins: with the development of a highly developed cerebral cortex. It is on this issue that the authors focus with sensitivity to the myriad of ethical and religious arguments that surround it.
The book is concise, beautiful and intellectually high-powered, a reviewer's delight and the realization of every author's hope ... a volume which will keep readers from wool-gathering, no small feat with such dense, affect-laden material.
Table of Contents:
Framing the debate
The web of life
Conception
The emergence of humanness
The development of the fetus
The birth of the cortex
Survival outside the womb: Hitting the wall
Conclusions
