Dilemma for appeals to the moral significance of birth

CA Bobier, A Omelianchuk - Journal of medical ethics, 2021 - jme.bmj.com
Giubilini and Minerva argue that the permissibility of abortion entails the permissibility of
infanticide. Proponents of what we refer to as the Birth Strategy claim that there is a morally …

Does birth matter?

W Veit - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2022 - jme.bmj.com
This paper is a response to a recent paper by Bobier and Omelianchuk in which they argue
that the critics of Giubilini and Minerva's defence of infanticide fail to adequately justify a …

Of course the baby should live: against 'after-birth abortion'

RA Rini - Journal of medical ethics, 2013 - jme.bmj.com
In a recent paper, Giubilini and Minerva argue for the moral permissibility of what they call
'after-birth abortion', or infanticide. Here I suggest that they actually employ a confusion of …

The moral status of babies

A McGee - Journal of medical ethics, 2013 - jme.bmj.com
In their controversial paper 'After-birth abortion', Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva
argue that there is no rational basis for allowing abortion but prohibiting infanticide ('after …

Yes, the baby should live: a pro-choice response to Giubilini and Minerva

BA Manninen - Journal of medical ethics, 2013 - jme.bmj.com
In their paper'After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?'Alberto Giubilini and Francesca
Minerva argue that because there are no significant differences between a fetus and a …

Killing fetuses and killing newborns

E Di Nucci - Journal of medical ethics, 2013 - jme.bmj.com
The argument for the moral permissibility of killing newborns is a challenge to liberal
positions on abortion because it can be considered a reductio of their defence of abortion …

Abortion, infanticide and moral context

L Porter - Journal of medical ethics, 2013 - jme.bmj.com
In 'After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?', Giubilini and Minerva argue that
infanticide should be permitted for the same reasons as abortion. In particular, they argue …

Birth, meaningful viability and abortion

D Jensen - Journal of medical ethics, 2015 - jme.bmj.com
What role does birth play in the debate about elective abortion? Does the wrongness of
infanticide imply the wrongness of late-term abortion? In this paper, I argue that the same or …

Why appeals to the moral significance of birth are saddled with a dilemma

CA Bobier, A Omelianchuk - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2022 - jme.bmj.com
In 'Dilemma for Appeals to the Moral Significance of Birth', we argued that a dilemma is
faced by those who believe that birth is the event at which infanticide is ruled out. Those who …

Infanticide, moral status and moral reasons: the importance of context

L Francis, A Silvers - Journal of medical ethics, 2013 - jme.bmj.com
Giubilini and Minerva ask why birth should be a critical dividing line between acceptable
and unacceptable reasons for terminating existence. Their argument is that birth does not …