Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-189) and index.

Is abortion immoral? -- Deciding abortion: an overview / Daniel Oliver -- Selective abortion is immoral / Patricia E. Bauer -- It is immoral to treat a fetuses as property / Carl Estabrook -- Abortion cannot be reguarded as immoral / Richard C. Carrier -- Religion does not condemn abortion / Freedom from Religion Foundation -- Should abortion rights be protected or restricted? -- Religious groups aim to eliminate women's rights / Austin Cline -- Legal threats aim to undermine abortion rights / Karen O'Connor -- Most Americans favor restrictions on abortions / U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops -- Abortion is a social failure / Misty Mealey -- Should women have greater access to abortion? -- Women need greater access to abortion / Michelle Goldberg -- Politicians threaten access to abortions / "Anonymous" -- Late-term abortions should not be banned / Jason Abaluck -- We should strive to reduce the number of abortions / Jessica Arons and Shira Saperstein -- Birth control methods are another form of abortion that need to be eliminated / Life and Liberty Ministries -- Partial-birth abortions should be banned / Rich Deem -- Should protesters target abortion clinic providers? -- The Supreme Court rules in favor of protestors / Michelle Chen -- Killing abortion providers is justifiable homicide / Chuck Spingola -- Protestors harass patients and invade their privacy / Center for Reproductive Rights -- Abortion providers should not have to work with fear, threats, and violence / Sarah Todd -- Should aborted fetuses be used for medical research? -- Stem Cell research plays a critical role in medicine / Julie Hutto -- Therapeutic cloning is not a form of abortion / Dena S. Davis -- Fetal research devalues human dignity / Thomas A. Shannon -- New scientific breakthroughs make fetal research obsolete / Kathryn Jean Lopez and Robert P. George.