Murray T H
Clin Perinatol. 1987 Jun;14(2):329-43.
The fetus destined to be born rather than aborted has become increasingly an object of medical and moral concern. With considerable justification, women view this concern--which they share to a great degree--with suspicion that it will serve as a pretext for denying them social and economic equality with men. This article attempts to show that practical moral judgments about our obligations to not-yet-born children can be made without falling into the abyss of controversy surrounding abortion. By stressing the similarities in fathers' duties to their born children, we can also counter a measure of our historical propensity to view women's moral duties to their not-yet-born children as the overwhelmingly important feature of their moral lives, and resist the temptation to impose coercive public policies.
注定要出生而非被堕胎的胎儿越来越成为医学和道德关注的对象。女性有充分理由怀疑这种她们在很大程度上也持有的关注会成为剥夺她们与男性社会和经济平等权利的借口。本文试图表明，我们可以在不陷入围绕堕胎的争议深渊的情况下，对我们对未出生孩子的义务做出切实的道德判断。通过强调父亲对其已出生孩子的责任的相似性，我们也可以对抗我们历史上倾向于将女性对未出生孩子的道德责任视为其道德生活中压倒性重要特征的倾向，并抵制实施强制性公共政策的诱惑。
