Prabhpal Singh has recently defended a relational account of the difference in moral status
between fetuses and newborns as a way of explaining why abortion is permissible and …

I defend a relational account of difference in the moral status between fetuses and
newborns. The difference in moral status between a fetus and a newborn is that the newborn …

Prabhpal Singh has defended a relational account of the difference in moral status between
fetuses and newborns. Newborns stand in the parent-child relation while fetuses do not, and …

Singh asserts that the parent–child relationship engenders a moral responsibility for the
newborn. Simultaneously, he contends, drawing on the argument from potentiality, that the …

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 …

McCullough and Chervenak (2008) have made a valuable contribution to the ongoing
debate surrounding moral status and abortion with their article,“A Critical Analysis of the …

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 …

English Common Law, like many other legal systems, treats the moment of live birth as the
point at which a legal person comes into existence. Abortion, even where prohibited, has …

In this paper we clarify some issues related to our previous article 'After-birth abortion: why
should the baby live?'. After the publication of our article 'After-birth abortion: why should the …

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 …