TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Embryonic viability, parental care and the pro-life thesis: a defence of Bovens
JO  - Journal of medical ethics
A1  - Surovell, Jonathan
SP  - 260
EP  - 263
VL  - 40
IS  - 4
N2  - On the basis of three empirical assumptions about the rhythm method and the viability of embryos, Bovens concludes that the pro-life position regarding empbryos implies that it is prima facie wrong to use the rhythm method. Pruss objects to Bovens's philosophical presuppositions and Kennedy to his empirical premises. This essay defends two revised versions of Bovens's argument. These arguments revise Bovens's empirical assumptions in response to Kennedy and, in response to Pruss, supplement Bovens's argument with what I call 'the principle of parental care'.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-6800
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2012-101116
ID  - ref1
ER  -