Pro-Life, Pro-Choice: Shared Values in the Abortion Debate

241 Pages·2014·1.59 MB·English

by  Bertha Alvarez Manninen

Pro-Life, Pro-Choice
Shared Values in the Abortion Debate
B e r t h a a l v a r e z M a n n i n e n
Pro-­Life,­Pro-­ChoiCe

pro-life, pro-choice
Shared ValueS in the
abortion debate
bertha alVarez Manninen
Vanderbilt UniVersity Press
Nashville
© 2014 by Vanderbilt University Press
Nashville, Tennessee 37235
All rights reserved
First printing 2014
This book is printed on acid- free paper.
Manufactured in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data on file
LC control number 2013034847
LC classification number HQ767.5.U5M34 2014
Dewey class number 179.7′60973–dc23
ISBN 978- 0- 8265- 1990- 0 (cloth)
ISBN 978- 0- 8265- 1991- 7 (paperback)
ISBN 978- 0- 8265- 1992- 4 (ebook)
For my daughters,
Michelle and Julia,
who have given me new eyes
with which to view and
interpret the world.

Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction and Background 1
1 Why Roe v. Wade’s Argument Fails 11
2 Responsibility and Other Worries 46
3 Of Women and Fetuses:
Battling the False Dichotomy 68
4 Pro- Choice, Not Pro- Abortion:
Rethinking the Pro- Choice Strategy 89
5 A Pro- Choice Moral Framework 104
6 Respecting Fetal Life and Pregnant Women:
Building upon Shared Values 137
7 The Forgotten Father: Men and Abortion 160
Conclusion 185
Notes 191
Index 223

ACknowLedgments
The production of this book would not have been pos-
sible had it not been for the combined efforts of so
many people. I would like to first thank Michael Ames,
my editor, for his indispensable comments, remarkable
patience and good will, and dedication to seeing the
book come to fruition, as well as Joell Smith-B orne, Meg
Wallace, Dariel Mayer, and Silvia Benvenuto, who were
instrumental in its production. I also owe much grati-
tude to Jackie Gately, who guided me through earlier in-
carnations of the manuscript and helped me edit it into
its final form. Along the way I have enjoyed conversations
with many colleagues who have influenced this writing:
Nina Anton, Sasha Billbe, Andrew Brei, Monica Casper,
Shari Collins, Ryan Ehrfurth, Bonnie Jean Kurle, Shan-
non Lank, Heather Libby, Kurt Liebegott, Sheila Lintott,
Jack Mulder, Melissa Manchester Mulder, Nathan Nobis,
Kate Padgett Walsh, Michael Paradiso- Michau, Leticia
Sanchez, Maureen Sander- Staudt, Allan Sawyer, Kevin
Sharpe, Marlene Tromp, Shalon Amber van Tine, and Eric
Thomas Weber. My apologies to anyone I may have in-
advertently left out.
As they often do, many of my teachers have also played
an indispensable role. Martin Curd, William McBride,
Patrick Kain, and Mark Bernstein all helped to sow the
seeds that ultimately led here. Carmela McIntire and
Lisa Blansett, thank you for keeping my love of writing
and literature alive during my philosophical studies. And
finally, thank you to Paul Draper who was my first and
only bioethics teacher—and one of the best teachers I
had throughout my entire college experience. Any suc-
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