title: Are all abortions equal? Should there be exceptions to the criminalization of abortion for rape and incest?
abstract: Politics, public discourse, and legislation restricting abortion has settled on a moderate orthodoxy: restrict abortion, but leave exceptions for pregnancies that result from rape and incest. I challenge that consensus and suggest it may be much harder to defend than those who support the compromise think. From both Pro-Life and Pro-Choice perspectives, there are good reasons to treat all abortions as equal.
authors.affiliation: Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law, Bioethics, and Biotechnology at Harvard Law School.
authors.forename: I Glenn
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011902:Rape / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States