Beckwith Evaluates Several Arguments for the Permissibility of Abortion and Concludes

Beckwith evaluates several arguments for the permissibility of abortion and concludes that they all fail. He finds fault with the argument from a woman's right over her own body, the argument from abortion being safer than childbirth, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's famous "violinist" argument.
-English argues that if pregnancy presents a serious threat to the woman, she may kill the fetus that poses such a threat, even if it is an innocent person.