This paper is a response to Giubilini and Minerva's defence of infanticide. I argue that any
account of moral worth or moral rights that depends on the intrinsic properties of individuals …

Babies of very low birth weight have a high mortality rate. 1 Survivors are at risk for
neurodevelopmental and other chronic health problems. 2 Furthermore, they achieve …

The issue concerning whether euthanasia is 1) morally permissible, and 2) ought to be
legalized in certain cases is much more complicated than I initially addressed in my article …

The Dutch rules governing neonatal euthanasia, known as the Groningen Protocol, require
parental consent for severely disabled infants with poor prognoses to have their lives …

Say an infant is born with high lesion spina bifida. She is paralyzed from the waist down and
has severe wasting of all areas below the waist. She will always be doubly incontinent and …

In The Netherlands, neonatal euthanasia has become a legal option and the Groningen
Protocol contains an approach to identify situations in which neonatal euthanasia might be …

. if Euthanasia in the pediatric age group involves a constellation of issues that are materially
different from those of adult euthanasia. l The differ ence lies in the somewhat obvious fact …

Establishing Personhood A recent publication of modern philosophical thought by two
ethicists from Melbourne, Australia, both with ties to Oxford University, Dr. Alberto Guibilini …

Decisions regarding the end-of-life care of neonates, especially those at the limits of viability,
cannot be made on the basis of clinical facts alone. They should take into account the values …