… moral status of early human lives is uncertain, then the killing of embryos, fetuses and/or
newborn babies would involve moral … in question just might have moral status.6 This would not …

… . It’s Complicated: What our attitudes toward pregnancy, abortion, and miscarriage tell us
about the moral status of early fetuses. Can J Philos 2020;50(8):950–65.doi:10.1017/can.…

… of twinning in early fetal development has become a popular source for doubt regarding the
ascription of moral status to early embryos. In this paper, the possible moral basis for such a …

… , we must first determine the moral status of the fetus through pregnancy. According to … ’s
incompleteness on prenatal moral status can no longer be (as earlier critics had it) that it …

… moral status of fetal and embryonic life has posed significant challenges for judges, legislators,
philosophers, and theologians.Moral and legal status … status of embryos and early fetuses …

… embryo or fetus would be morally odd: the claim is inconsistent with other accepted moral
claims. … ,forbidding observation and experimental use of pre-implantation embryos in the early …

… Therefore, it is necessary to regard the embryo and fetus as acquiring moral status or value
… may take priority over concern for an early embryo and even more developed fetuses."(30) …

… However, determination of the moral status of a developing … Before discussing the moral
status of fetuses I will, therefore, … of the moral status of a fetus, I define early loss in a way that …

… Anne’s College, Oxford, for their comments on earlier versions of this paper. T. Scanlon, … of
moral status, according to which all human beings are rightholders, will imply that fetuses and …

… and earlier, within our moral communities. Thus, we look toward the embryo or fetus from the
… --as anchors of a possible moral continuity with the developing fetus. These prior choices of …