David Boonin’s new book Beyond Roe: Why Abortion Should Be Legal Even if the Fetus Is a Person hits the shelves as the world ramps up the political wars over abortion. The Supreme Court’s ideological make-up may have shifted for the first time in decades as a result of President Trump’s appointments of Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. Abortion rights supporters fear that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision responsible for protecting the right to an abortion in all fifty states, may be in jeopardy. New York, Illinois, and other state legislatures rushed to amend their laws to protect abortion in the event Roe falls. States such as Georgia, Ohio, and Alabama sought to push the boundaries of the current climate to test if they can restrict access to abortion. Celebrities, business leaders, and cultural influencers threaten boycotts while the Senate calls in social media executives to answer charges of discriminating against pro-lifers. This book and its arguments couldn’t be more timely or relevant, given the current climate.
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Jay Watts about his online-exclusive review “Are Laws Restricting Abortion Forced Organ Donation? A Review of Beyond Roe“
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Other articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring and topic:
Annihilating Arguments For Abortion
The Shifting Focus in the Abortion Debate: Does The Humanity of the Unborn Matter Anymore?
Abortion Rights: (Part One) Answering the Arguments for Abortion Rights
Answering the Arguments for Abortion Rights (Part Three): Is the Unborn Human Less Than Human?
Answering the Arguments for Abortion Rights (Part Four): When Does a Human Become a Person
Suffer the Violinist: Why the Pro-abortion Argument from Bodily Autonomy Fails
A Case Not Made A review of Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights by Katha Pollitt
Dead Silence: Must The Bible Say Abortion Is Wrong Before We Can Know It’s Wrong?
The Vanishing Pro-Life Apologist: Putting The “Life” Back Into The Abortion Debate
Unplanned: An Imperfect but Brave Film
Episode 117-Unplanned: An Imperfect but Brave Film
“Reversing Reason” Review of Netflix documentary, Reversing Roe
Episode 096 Reversing Roe Documentary Film Review
Episode 094 The Pro-Choice Argument against Aborting Children with Down Syndrome
Abortion and Rape: Answering the Arguments for Abortion Rights