%0 Journal Article
%T Beyond abortion: the looming battle over death in the ‘culture wars’
%J Bioethics
%D 2008
%A Evans, James
%V 22
%N 7
%P 379-387
%X By concentrating on abortion, the culture wars have avoided facing a crisis about the end of life. This paper explores four themes: (1) the technological transformation of birth and death into matters of decision, not matters of fact; (2) abortion as the nexus of Eros (sex) with Thanatos (death); (3) the real crisis, conveniently masked by our obsession with sex, looming at the end of life, not at its beginning; (4) the surplus-repression that protects us from assuming responsibility for choosing between life and death.<p />
%G 
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0269-9702
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00649.x