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1Philosophy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK bblackshaw@gmail.com.
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With Perry Hendricks, I recently outlined a strengthened version of the impairment argument (SIA) for the immorality of abortion. Alex Gillham has argued that our use of Don Marquis' deprivation of a 'future-like ours' account entails we were merely restating Marquis' argument for the immorality of abortion. Here, I explain why SIA is more than just a reframing of Marquis.
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