The silent subject : reflections on the unborn in American culture / edited by Brad Stetson ; foreword by Richard John Neuhaus.

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996.

xvi, 265 pages ; 25 cm

The moral status of fetuses and embryos / John A. Mitchell and Scott B. Rae -- Ignorance of fetal status as a justification of abortion : a critical analysis / Francis J. Beckwith -- Moral duty to the unborn and its significance / Sidney Callahan -- The "medicalizing" of abortion decisions / Thomas Murphy Goodwin -- Feminism and imaging the unborn / Camille S. Williams -- Sex and consequences : an anthropological view / Olivia Vlahos -- Motherhood in the 90's : to have or have not / Maria McFadden -- Pregnancy care centers : sisterhood is powerful / Frederica Mathewes-Green -- Women who abort : their reflections on the unborn / David C. Reardon -- When good men do nothing : reflections from a modern-day Bürgermeister / Michael McKenzie -- The Catholic debate on the moral status of the embryo / Tom Poundstone -- The effective enforcement of abortion law before Roe v. Wade / Clarke D. Forsythe -- Supreme Court jurisprudence and prenatal life / Tom Poundstone

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-254) and index