Abortion

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* Occasion for this article is offered by the recent appearance of the following three major works on the subject: John T. Noonan, Jr., ed., Morality of Legal and Historical Perspectives (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1970), with an introduction by the editor, pp. xviii+276, $8.95; Daniel Callahan, Choice, and Morality (New York: Macmillan Co., 1970), pp. xv+524, $14.95; Germain G. Grisez, Myths, the Realities, and the Arguments (New York: Corpus Books, 1970), pp. 559, $6.95 (paper). See below, Part I. 1. The Ethics of Humanist, July 22, 1966. Some of the more recent writings on abortion, in addition to those cited above, are: L. Lader, (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1966); Abortion and the (symposium), Western Reserve Law Review 17 (1965): 369, reprinted in and the ed. D. T. Smith (Cleveland: Case Western Reserve University Press, 1967); Abortion Law (symposium), Catholic Lawyer 14 (1968): 180; Morality, and Rutger? Law Review 22 (1968): 415; R. Byrn, Critical Look at Legalized Los Angeles Bar Bulletin 41 (1966): 320; R. Byrn, Abortion on Demand: Whose Morality? Notre Dame Lawyer 46 (1970): 5; R. Byrn, Abortion in Perspective, Duquesne University Law Review 5 (1966): 125; D. Gianella, The Diffcult Quest for a Truly Humane Law, Villanova Law Review 13 (1968): 257; G. Hughes, England's Great Leap Backward-the Act, 1967, Australian Law Journal 43 (1969): 12; C. Kindregan, Abortion, the and Defective Children: A Legal-Medical Study, Suffolk University Law Review 3 (1969): 225; L. Kutner, Process of Minnesota Law Review 53 (1968): 1; D. Louisell, Abortion, the Practice of Medicine and the Due Process of Law, University of California Law Review 16 (1969): 233; C. Means, The Law of New York concerning and the Status of the Foetus, 1664-1968: A Case of Cessation of Constitutionality, New York Law Forum 14 (1968): 411; J. Noonan, Amendment of the Law: Relevant Data and Judicial Opinion, Catholic Lawyer 15 (1969): 124; J. Noonan, The Constitutionality of the Regulation of Hastings Law Journal 21 (1969): 51; L. Stern, Abortion: Reform and the Law, Journal of Criminal