Harm or Mere Inconvenience? Denying Women Emergency Contraception
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McLeod, CarolynKeywords
Emergency contraceptionFeminism
Autonomy
Bioethics and Medical Ethics
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Philosophy
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http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/philosophypub/332https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2009.01082.x
Abstract
This paper addresses the likely impact on women of being denied emergency contraception (EC) by pharmacists who conscientiously refuse to provide it. A common view—defended by Elizabeth Fenton and Loren Lomasky, among others—is that these refusals inconvenience rather than harm women so long as the women can easily get EC somewhere else nearby. I argue from a feminist perspective that the refusals harm women even when they can easily get EC somewhere else nearby.Date
2010-01-01Type
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oai:ir.lib.uwo.ca:philosophypub-1334http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/philosophypub/332
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2009.01082.x