Vicki L Toscano
Biographic Data
| ID | 6574990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vicki L Toscano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vicki L |
| FAMILY NAME | Toscano |
| SIGNATURE | TOSCANO V L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Miami |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Responsibility Objection to Thomson Re-imagined
This article focuses on a resonant debate initiated by the publication of Judith Jarvis Thomson’s groundbreaking article “On Defense of Abortion” in 1971. It is my contention that philosophers who argued against Thomson based on what has come to be called the “Responsibility Objection” did not fully examine the gender assumptions embedded in their logic. Rather than attempt to prove the flaw in the Responsibility Objection directly, I demonstrate…
Forced Sonogram and Compelled Speech Abortion Regulations
Recent state regulations require women, before undergoing abortions, to be subjected to unwanted and nonmedically necessary sonograms, often requiring an intrusive vaginal probe. Physicians, for their part, are forced to turn the viewing screens toward the faces of their patients and to describe to them the details on the screen. In this commentary, I explain these current laws and the various court responses to them to date. Further, I demonstra…
Misguided Retribution
This article addresses the attempts to use criminal punishment to respond to pregnant women who take drugs in the United States. Although many have discussed why this approach is harmful, none have done so by examining the effects of the underlying philosophical justification for punishment appealed to in these cases, that of retribution. I examine explicitly the discourse created by the retributive criminal punishment of pregnant women in a way …
Misguided Retribution
This article addresses the attempts to use criminal punishment to respond to pregnant women who take drugs in the United States. Although many have discussed why this approach is harmful, none have done so by examining the effects of the underlying philosophical justification for punishment appealed to in these cases, that of retribution. I examine explicitly the discourse created by the retributive criminal punishment of pregnant women in a way …
Misguided Retribution
This article addresses the attempts to use criminal punishment to respond to pregnant women who take drugs in the United States. Although many have discussed why this approach is harmful, none have done so by examining the effects of the underlying philosophical justification for punishment appealed to in these cases, that of retribution. I examine explicitly the discourse created by the retributive criminal punishment of pregnant women in a way …
Forced Sonogram and Compelled Speech Abortion Regulations
Recent state regulations require women, before undergoing abortions, to be subjected to unwanted and nonmedically necessary sonograms, often requiring an intrusive vaginal probe. Physicians, for their part, are forced to turn the viewing screens toward the faces of their patients and to describe to them the details on the screen. In this commentary, I explain these current laws and the various court responses to them to date. Further, I demonstra…
The Responsibility Objection to Thomson Re-imagined
This article focuses on a resonant debate initiated by the publication of Judith Jarvis Thomson’s groundbreaking article “On Defense of Abortion” in 1971. It is my contention that philosophers who argued against Thomson based on what has come to be called the “Responsibility Objection” did not fully examine the gender assumptions embedded in their logic. Rather than attempt to prove the flaw in the Responsibility Objection directly, I demonstrate…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Reproductive Health and Contraception (3 works) · Abortion (2 works) · Ethics in medical practice (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Reproductive Health and Technologies (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Supreme court (2 works) · Alternative medicine (1 work)