Academic

Milligan on Justice as Fairness and Fetal Personood

By Lawrence Solum

Luke M. Milligan (University of Louisville School of Law) has posted A Theory of Stability: John Rawls, Fetal Homicide, and Substantive Due Process (87 Boston University Law Review, Vol. 87, p. 1177, 2007) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:

The goal of this Article is to evaluate the bifurcated fetal-rights scheme in the light of John Rawls's political philosophy. In particular, it seeks to discern whether the current set of fetal-homicide laws indicates a societal recognition of fetal personhood, and, if so, whether this renders the right to abortion inconsistent with our principles of justice.

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on January 23, 2008 (boomark / email).