Pauline Harmange tells her personal story of her own abortion together with her reflections on the social and political conditions that influence attitudes to abortion. But what of the moral arguments for and against abortion?

Morag Zwartz’s honest reflections on her struggle – as the mother of a son with Down Syndrome and an aggressive blood cancer – touch on profound truths about life, disability, illness and death and make this an inspiring rather than a depressing read.

While Denton presents many moving stories
designed to elicit compassion (and a perceived
need for assisted dying as a solution to the
‘problem’), there is very little critical reflection
or exploration of moral arguments.

Suicide rates have not fallen, but in fact increased, since the introduction of ‘assisted dying’ in Oregon, USA. Therefore the claim that legalising assisted dying might reduce the suicide rate in Australia is spurious.