Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1975. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1978. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 421-433).

The purpose of this thesis is to provide an overview of the current abortion debate. The introduction argues that only three topics are relevant to abortion discussion namely personhood, potentiality and rights. There are three possible decisions on the nature of the foetus' moral status: a) it is a person b) it is not a person c) the matter is non-decidable. Chapter 1 examines the argument that personhood and humanity are equivalent concepts. It rejects this conclusion. Personhood is a normative concept whilst humanity is a biological one. Thus the foetus' humanity does not automatically entitle it to rights. Rights are ascribed to persons. What requires to be clarified is the criterion of personhood, that is, those qualities which qualify a biological entity to be ascribed moral rights and duties and thus the concomitant moral status of person. Chapter 2 details the various theories of personhood presented in both the legal and the philosophical literature, and attempts to abstract the single most convincing criterion from them. The relationship between personhood and rights is elucidated and the moral significance of the foetus' potential to be a person discussed. Chapter 3 examines the conflict between foetal and maternal rights and interests in various fact situations. The radically different conclusions on the moral permissibility of abortion when the foetus is a) accounted a person, and b) accounted a non person are delineated. Chapter 4 returns to the matter of non-decidability and considers abortion's permissibility when the criteria of (a) justifiability, and (b) pragmatism are employed as rational alternative criteria to that of personhood/non personhood. / Law, Peter A. Allard School of / Graduate

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / Part I of this study examined women's abortion attitudes by regressing abortion sentiment on 14 variables. Most of the variables were suggested by prior research, but two women's liberation variables unreported in previous studies were added to test their predictiveness while controlling for all the standard variables. Part II of the study utilized 9 of the original 14 variables in a series of path analyses. Indirect effects of the variables were described. It was found that one of the women's liberation variables did significantly predict abortion attitude. However, path analysis suggested that the concept of women's liberation was too broad to describe the two variables as each was composed of very different components. / 2999-01-01

Thesis (M.T.S.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 1989. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-59).

Thesis (M.A.--Theology)--Catholic University of America, 1986. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-145).

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Freiburg i. Breisgau.

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1992. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-93).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Linda Vinton, Florida State University, College of Social Work. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Jan. 24, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 91 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.--Theology)--Catholic University of America, 1986. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-145).