?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Abortion+and+Moral+Repugnancy&rft.creator=Thomas%2C+Professor+Laurence&rft.subject=Ethics&rft.description=Most+arguments+concerning+abortion+center+around+the+issue+of+rights.+This+short+essay+argues+that+there+can+be+important+considerations+regarding+the+matter+that+have+nothing+whatsoever+to+do+with+rights.++In+general%2C+the+issue+of+moral+decency+has+never+been+entirely+settled+by+reference+to+rights.++It+can+be+morally+repugnant+to+do+some+thing+even+if+one+would+be+acting+perfectly+within+one's+rights.+I+argue+that+with+advances+in+technology+this+will+turn+out+to+be+the+case+with+abortion%2C+given+the+possibility+of+transferring+a+fetus+from+one+womb+to+another.&rft.date=2006-08&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5074%2F1%2FThomas_Abortion.pdf&rft.identifier=++Thomas%2C+Professor+Laurence++(2006)+Abortion+and+Moral+Repugnancy.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5074%2F