Originally published as "Why the Case Against Abortion Is Weak, Ethically Speaking," Salon, April 11, 2021.
Abortion rights are under attack. But ethics education can help — and defenders of abortion rights should recognize this, before it's too late.
In recent years, over 250 abortion-restrictive laws have been proposed across 45 states. Arkansas and South Carolina are the most recent states to pass laws to ban abortion after 6 weeks into pregnancy, when a "heartbeat" can be detected in the fetus and before many women even know they are pregnant.