Beyond Choice

Three decades after the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling made abortion legal, the dispute over reproductive freedom remains as heated as ever. Alexander Sanger re-examines both the pro-choice and pro-life camps and concludes that each holds something essential but falls short on its own. He argues that the continuation of human life is the highest moral good, and that reproductive freedom serves that good.

Sanger also contends that, now that new reproductive technologies exist, unlimited personal choice cannot always be morally justified. The book proposes guidelines for judging when government intervention in these matters could be legitimate.