Abortions and distortions: An analysis of morally irrelevant factors in Thomson's violinist thought experiment
Social Theory and Practice, vol. 27, no. 1, 2001, pp. 129–148
Abstract
Judith Jarvis Thomson maintains that carrying a fetus is comparable to being a Good Samaritan–it is not a strict duty one has no choice but to fulfill. Hershenov demonstrates that one cannot terminate a fetus if the fetus is truly a person with moral standing.
