Includes bibliographical references.

Part 1: Breaking through the stereotypes -- Part II: The major Supreme Court decisions -- Roe v. Wade (1973) -- Planned parenthood v. Casey (1992) -- Part III: Evaluations of Roe v. Wade -- Roe v. Wade: no basis in law, logic, or history -- Roe v. Wade: a study in male ideology -- Some thoughts on autonomy and equality in relation to Roe v. Wade -- Part IV: Arguments from a woman's right to her body -- A defense of abortion -- Arguments from bodily rights: a critical analysis -- A defense of "a defense of abortion": on the responsibility objection to Thomson's argument -- Abortion logic and paternal responsibilities: one more look at Judith Thomson's argument and a critique of David Boonin-Vail's defense of it -- Part V: Personhood arguments on aboriton -- Abortion is morally wrong -- In defense of abortion and infanticide -- The scope of the prohibition against killing -- Personhood begins at conception -- Abortion: a defense of the personhood argument -- Abortion and human rights -- A defense of the moderate position -- Part VI: Beyond the personhood argument -- Abortion: beyond the personhood argument -- The golden rule argument against abortion -- Why abortion is immoral -- Does a fetus already have a future-like-ours? -- Abortion and the neo-natal right to life: a critique of Marquis's futurist argument -- A future like ours and the concept of person: a reply to McInerney and Paske -- Part VII: Feminist arguments on abortion -- A feminist defense of abortion -- Our bodies, our souls -- Abortion and the "feminine voice" -- Taking women seriously as people: the moral implications for abortion -- Part VIII: Abortion, faith, and state neutrality -- Pluralism, tolerance, and abortion rights -- Abortion, the court, and state neutrality.