I'm taking Introduction to Moral Philosophy this semester and our first "Moral Problem" focus is abortion. The lecturer is great and seems so far to be open-minded and unbiased - our set texts (Judith Jarvis Thomson 'A Defense of Abortion'; RM Hare 'Abortion and the Golden Rule'; Michael Tooley 'Abortion and infanticide') seem to span the debate well... to an extent. I recently read a snippet of argument on another lj community about the morality of abortion in terms of the (quite common) stance "I'm pro-choice but don't believe abortion should be used effectively as birth control or that a woman should (be allowed to) have repeated abortions" with regards to how it might be argued this is hypocritical and a difficult idea to defend. Now, I'm well aware that this isn't exactly a new concept in the feminist world but the above was definitely the party line for my friends and I as teenagers at school and as such was something I've continued to believe in and tell myself, would even say to others when the topic arose, without really challenging it. I've been thinking a lot about it since and I think my stance has definitely shifted, and it's something I'd like to raise for discussion and give some air time to in my seminars, but of course I don't know nearly enough about it and can't quite articulate my thoughts on the matter, SO. Does anyone know of any good, strong articles focussed on the idea that if we say abortion is morally permissible there should be no disclaimers with regard to "abuse" of the procedure? (Preferably something online, I can access jstor.org if this helps.) Obviously, from this garbled post, I have very little idea where to even begin with this! I'm not so much looking to start a debate here as looking to be redirected, but I'm all ears if anyone is open to discussion - any help at all would be much appreciated.