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Abstract
Vulnerability is a notion discussed in feminist philosophy as a basis for a morality that widens our sense of those whose deaths are grievable. Vulnerability and grievability also factor in reproductive ethics. This essay employs recognition theory to analyze critically how these notions are mobilized in conservative Christian anti-abortion writings and in feminist philosophy. This analysis exposes weaknesses and misrecognition in both sets of discourses. In response, I offer theological arguments for recognizing fetal value without implying a right to life and for acknowledging how human finitude and the precarity of pregnancy render gestational hospitality a discretionary, not obligatory, moral act.

Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Credit Lines -- Contents -- Author Information -- Acknowledgments -- A Note from the Editors -- Introduction -- Part I: In Their Own Words -- Introduction to Part 1 -- Chapter 1: So Many Lives at Stake -- Chapter 2: In the Shade of Allah's Mercy -- Chapter 3: Reproducing Justice -- Chapter 4: Christ Was There for Me during My Abortion -- Chapter 5: Lo Teivoshi, You Will Not Feel Ashamed -- Chapter 6: You're the Only One I've Told -- Part II: Social-Scientific Studies -- Introduction to Part 2 -- Chapter 7: Understanding Why Women Seek Abortions in the United States -- Chapter 8: "I'm Not That Type of Person":: Managing the Stigma of Having an Abortion -- Chapter 9: Women's Decision Making Regarding Choice of Second Trimester Termination Method for Pregnancy Complications -- Chapter 10: Muslim Women Having Abortions in Canada:: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Experiences -- Chapter 11: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women Navigating the Uncertainty of Pregnancy and Prenatal Diagnosis -- Chapter 12: The State of Abortion and Contraception Attitudes in All 50 States -- Chapter 13: Faith, Race-Ethnicity, and Public Policy Preferences:: Religious Schemas and Abortion Attitudes among US Latinos -- Chapter 14: Ethnic Diversity, Religion, and Opinions toward Legalizing Abortion:: The Case of Asian Americans -- Part III: History and Context -- Introduction to Part 3 -- Chapter 15: Undesired Offspring and Child Endangerment in Jewish Antiquity -- Chapter 16: Selected Early Catholic Teaching on Abortion -- Chapter 17: Imagining Abortivi in the Early Middle Ages -- Chapter 18: Pre-modern Islamic Medical Ethics and Graeco-Islamic-Jewish Embryology -- Chapter 19: Abortion and Law in the High Middle Ages -- Chapter 20: Contraception in Protestant Theology:: A Brief and Incomplete History.

"This volume introduces students to the history of cultural and theological responses to abortion as background for understanding a diversity of ethical positions in contemporary Christian, Jewish, and Muslim writings. Politicized debates about abortion are often presented in terms of a binary rhetoric of prolife versus prochoice; however, this collection of essays shows how that binary often breaks down when abortion is seen from different religious perspectives and in light of the voices of women themselves. While abortion is a global phenomenon, this volume focuses on the U.S. context. American abortion politics and culture wars have been dominated by Christian voices; nevertheless, Jewish and Muslim abortion ethics engage many of the same issues from different cultural and religious perspectives. Finally, this volume presents important examples of recent social scientific studies about the relationship of religion and abortion in the diverse cultural, racial, and economic fabric of American society. Pedagogical features include: - boxed text sections with primary sources - introductions to each part of the book - questions for a discussion - key terms in bold"--