A woman who does not want any child differs morally from one who wants a child but rejects a particular fetus based on screening results

The expressivist argument is often defended by theorists who are staunchly pro-choice about abortion; they typically defend a woman’s legal right to choose abortion for any reason but present a moral argument against particular reasons for selective abortion. In making this distinction, they rely on the “any/particular” distinction proposed by Asch (2000): a woman who does not want any child because she is not ready to be a mother is different from one who is eager to be a mother but then reject