1. The beginning of the decline = 1
Characterising harm = 4
Loss of autonomy? = 8
Defining the problem = 11
Notes = 14
2. Injured bodies = 15
Natural born reproducers = 18
Wrongful pregnancy as a personal injury = 24
Orthodox injuries = 31
Harmed minds, harmed bodies = 38
Paradigm shifts = 43
Conclusion = 47
Notes = 49
3. Health, disability and harm = 53
Emerging dichotomies = 56
The disability exception = 59
Parental autonomy = 64
The importance of context = 68
Rees in the House of Lords = 71
Conclusion : what kind of autonomy? = 78
Notes = 82
4. The harm paradox = 85
The mitigation ethic = 90
Mitigation is dead = 91
Long live choice = 101
My family and other animals = 105
Conclusion : a harm paradox? = 109
Notes = 110
5. Constructions of the reasonable woman = 113
On being responsible = 115
Responsible women = 121
Self-regarding woman : still a choice = 122
Natural woman : she had no other choice = 128
The woman in need = 132
Conclusion : not a choice? = 136
Notes = 139
6. Reproductive choice, reproductive reality = 141
A (wo)man's right to choose = 144
Reversing nature's discrimination = 149
In practice abortion is not a choice = 150
Women do not experience abortion as a choice = 151
Women are conforming, not choosing = 154
Conclusion = 156
Notes = 159
7. The moral domain of autonomy = 161
What kind of person? = 164
Beyond personhood = 166
'Autonomous choice' : A relational approach = 170
Being responsible beings = 173
Concluding remarks = 178
Notes = 184
Characterising harm = 4
Loss of autonomy? = 8
Defining the problem = 11
Notes = 14
2. Injured bodies = 15
Natural born reproducers = 18
Wrongful pregnancy as a personal injury = 24
Orthodox injuries = 31
Harmed minds, harmed bodies = 38
Paradigm shifts = 43
Conclusion = 47
Notes = 49
3. Health, disability and harm = 53
Emerging dichotomies = 56
The disability exception = 59
Parental autonomy = 64
The importance of context = 68
Rees in the House of Lords = 71
Conclusion : what kind of autonomy? = 78
Notes = 82
4. The harm paradox = 85
The mitigation ethic = 90
Mitigation is dead = 91
Long live choice = 101
My family and other animals = 105
Conclusion : a harm paradox? = 109
Notes = 110
5. Constructions of the reasonable woman = 113
On being responsible = 115
Responsible women = 121
Self-regarding woman : still a choice = 122
Natural woman : she had no other choice = 128
The woman in need = 132
Conclusion : not a choice? = 136
Notes = 139
6. Reproductive choice, reproductive reality = 141
A (wo)man's right to choose = 144
Reversing nature's discrimination = 149
In practice abortion is not a choice = 150
Women do not experience abortion as a choice = 151
Women are conforming, not choosing = 154
Conclusion = 156
Notes = 159
7. The moral domain of autonomy = 161
What kind of person? = 164
Beyond personhood = 166
'Autonomous choice' : A relational approach = 170
Being responsible beings = 173
Concluding remarks = 178
Notes = 184