Author: MOROWITZ, HAROLD J. AND TREFIL, JAMES S.
Title: The Facts of Life - Science and the Abortion Controversy
Description: New York, Oxford University Press. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0195079272). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The authors are two distinguished scientists and science writers and here examine what modern biology can contribute to the debate and who are sensitive to the myriad ethical and religious arguments beyond the realm of science that swirl around abortion. They focus on one crucial question - when does a foetus acquire 'humanness' and argue that this begins with the possession of a highly developed cerebral cortex. Reviewing the latest advances in molecular biology, evolutionary biology, embryology, neurophysiology and neonatology, fields which all bear on this question. 107. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Medical Science, Abortion, Embryology, Evolutionary Biology, Cerebral Cortex 0195079272


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