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The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers on issues both timely and timeless. When I was asked this summer to serve as an expert witness in an appellate case that some think could lead to the next Supreme Court test of Roe v.

Can Neuroscience Challenge Roe V. Wade?

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/can-neuroscience-challenge-roe-v-wade/
http://boingboing.net/2012/07/23/my-miscarriage-my-abortion.html

Conservative MP Vellacott calls for law to protect unborn from bullying

Oops! We can’t find the page you’re looking for. Sorry about that. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/conservative-mp-calls-for-law-to-protect-unborn-from-bullying-151924215.html
By Shelly Kagan We all believe that death is bad.

Is Death Bad for You? - The Chronicle Review

https://chronicle.com/article/Is-Death-Bad-for-You-/131818/
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/04/25/chemical_endagerment_laws_are_pregnant_women_second_class_citizens_.html When considering the issue of “personhood”—the idea that a fetus (or really any state of gestational development from sperm-meets-egg onward) should be counted as a citizen with all the rights and legal protections entailed therein—I really try to understand the pro-life point of view.

Chemical-Endagerment Laws: Are Pregnant Women Second-Class Citizens?