Silent Subject

BRAD STETSON is director of the David Institute, a social research organization. Stetson received his Ph.D. in Social Ethics from the University of Southern California. His previous books include: Challenging the Civil Rights Establishment, coauthored by Joseph G. Conti (Praeger, 1993) and Pluralism and Particularity in Religious Belief (Praeger, 1994).

• 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