“A Defense of ‘A Defense of Abortion’: On the Responsibility
Objection to Thomson’s Argument,” Ethics , Vol.
107, No. 2 (January 1997), pp. 286-313.
Defends Thomson’s argument in defense of abortion from the frequently-raised
objection that it succeeds, if it succeeds at all, only in cases involving
rape. A significantly revised version of this article appears as
sections 6.2 and 6.3 of my book, A Defense of Abortion, (Cambridge
University Press, forthcoming).