The Silent Subject Reflections on the Unborn in American Culture

Foreword by Richard John Neuhaus
Preface
Introduction by Brad Stetson
Ethical Perspectives
Substances, Property-Things and Human Persons: The Moral Status of Fetuses and Embryos by John A. Mitchell and Scott B. Rae
Ignorance of Fetal Status as a Justification For Abortion by Francis J. Beckwith
Moral Duty to the Unborn and Its Significance by Sidney Callahan
The "Medicalizing" of Abortion Decisions by Thomas Murphy Goodwin
Cultural Perspectives
Feminism and Imaging the Unborn by Camille S. Williams
Sex and Consequences: An Anthropological View by Olivia Vlahos
Personal Perspectives
Motherhood in the 90's: To Have or Have Not by Maria McFadden
Pregnancy Care Centers: Sisterhood is Powerful by Frederica Mathewes-Green
Women Who Abort: Their Reflections on the Unborn by David C. Reardon
Religious Perspectives
When Good Men Do Nothing: Reflections From a Modern-Day Burgermeister by Michael Mckenzie
The Catholic Debate on the Moral Status of the Embryo by Tom Poundstone
Legal Perspectives
The Effective Enforcement of Abortion Law Before Roe v. Wade by Clarke D. Forsythe
Supreme Court Jurisprudence and Prenatal Life by Tom Poundstone
Selected Bibliography
Index