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The Pregnancy Rescue Case: a reply to Hendricks.

Nathan William Davies¹

¹N/A, Kenilworth, UK nwd.correspondence@gmail.com.

Journal of Medical Ethics

|August 19, 2023

Summary

This paper argues that Hendricks's Pregnancy Rescue Case does not prove typical abortions immoral. It suggests an empirically testable, pro-choice explanation for why preventing abortion in this specific case might seem preferable.

Area of Science:

Bioethics
Moral Philosophy
Reproductive Rights

Background:

Hendricks's "The Pregnancy Rescue Case: why abortion is immoral" presents a specific scenario to argue against the permissibility of abortion.
The case posits a situation where preventing an abortion might be considered "less bad" than allowing it.

Purpose of the Study:

To critically analyze Hendricks's Pregnancy Rescue Case.
To argue that the case does not logically extend to deeming all typical abortions impermissible.
To propose an empirically testable, pro-choice explanation for the intuition that preventing abortion in the specific case is preferable.

Main Methods:

Philosophical argumentation and critical analysis of a specific ethical case.
Development of a counter-argument based on the distinction between a specific case and general permissibility.

Keywords:

Abortion - Induced

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Hypothesizing an empirically testable explanation for a particular moral intuition.

Main Results:

The Pregnancy Rescue Case, even if it suggests preventing abortion is "less bad," does not establish the impermissibility of typical abortions.
A potential explanation, consistent with pro-choice ethics and amenable to empirical testing, is offered for the intuition that the specific case is different.

Conclusions:

The specific ethical dilemma presented in The Pregnancy Rescue Case does not invalidate the general pro-choice stance on abortion.
Further empirical research can explore the psychological or social factors underlying the intuition that preventing abortion in such a specific case is preferable.