James Mumford

DR JAMES MUMFORD is a fellow at the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture. His book Ethics at the Beginning of Life (Oxford University Press) was published last year

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    'Abort it and try again'

    2014-10-08T00:00:00

    There has been a revolution in attitudes towards disability in recent years. Yet Richard Dawkins’ recent recommendation to abort a foetus with a disability points to a contradictory zeitgeist.