Philosopher Laurence Thomas developed a memorable thought experiment in his "Abortion and Moral Repugnance." It involves, as the title of this episode suggests, the possibility of womb transfer procedures (WTPs). 

Superficially, it might be thought that Thomas develops a pro-life argument using the WTP thought experiment. But that's not so. He does not take that kind of stand in his paper. Thomas' main claim is that one can be within one's rights in having an abortion and still do something morally indecent in having one. Thus, the morality of abortion is not determined by one's right to have one.

But Thomas' WTP thought experiment goes further and can even be expanded beyond his use of it. If you are interested in knowing more about Thomas' WTP thought experiment and want to understand how he wields it in the abortion debate, just hit play. Thank you for listening!