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  • Bioethics
  • Moral Philosophy
  • Reproductive Rights

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  • The pregnancy rescue case (PRC) is a philosophical thought experiment.
  • It is used to argue that preventing a fetus from being killed is morally required over allowing an unwilling pregnancy to continue.
  • This argument is applied to claim that typical abortions are morally wrong.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically analyze the pregnancy rescue case (PRC) as presented by Hendricks.
  • To identify and elaborate on four distinct problems with the PRC argument and its application to abortion.
  • To question the moral and philosophical underpinnings of the PRC argument.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical argumentation and critique.
  • Analysis of ethical intuitions related to fetal status and bodily autonomy.
  • Development of modified thought experiments to test specific philosophical claims.
  • Examination of the logical dependency of PRC on presupposed weaknesses in existing defenses of abortion.

Main Results:

  • The intuition underlying PRC can be denied based on differing views of fetal moral status.
  • Significant differences exist between PRC and typical abortion scenarios, limiting PRC's applicability.
  • Modifications to PRC reveal that fetal personhood may not be the sole driver of the intended intuition.
  • The PRC argument relies on the presupposition that Judith Thomson's defense of abortion is unsound, which carries substantial philosophical costs.

Conclusions:

  • The pregnancy rescue case (PRC) presents a flawed argument for the moral impermissibility of typical abortions.
  • Alternative ethical frameworks and modified thought experiments challenge the PRC's conclusions.
  • The PRC argument's reliance on specific, contestable presuppositions undermines its persuasive power in the abortion debate.