The publication of this book is encouraging fora number ofreasons. It is a major contribution
to medical ethics and its length, depth and thoroughness all bear witness both to the …

The papers included in this supplement were first given at a meeting, The New Ethics of
Abortion, organised by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) in Senate House at …

This essay deals with the question of the morality of abortion and infanticide. The
fundamental ethical objection traditionally advanced against these practices rests on the …

Dr. Jansen's paper raises three main issues. The one with which he himself is most
concerned is the question of which methods of abortion are ethically right, and whether …

The law of this country in regard to crimes relating-to pregnancyis in some respects illogical
and inconclusive; probably the only part of it which ought not to be included within this …

Suppose you have two patients, one who needs a new kidney and one who needs a new
heart. Both are urgent requirements but donors cannot be found. Do you face a pressing …

Murphy suggests in the June issue of the journal (1) that the anti-abortionist, by virtue of that
moral position, is logically obliged to try and prevent spontaneous abortions, even those …

VMONG the fundamentals of medical ethics is the firm be-lief that the physician must expend
every effort to preserve and prolong life, avoiding all procedures which can be considered …

To blot out an embryonic human life in or-der to preserve a mature one involves a decision
of extraordinary gravity. Yet it is one which we are asked to make-or refusewith increasing …

ADDRESS BY LORD RIDDELL At the opening of the second winter session of the
Hampstead General and North-West London Hospital Post-Graduate School, on January …