Abortion, particularly late‐term abortion, and neonaticide, selective non‐treatment of
newborns, are feasible management strategies for fetuses or newborns diagnosed with …

Feticide, the practice of terminating the life of an otherwise viable fetus in utero, has become
an increasingly common practice in obstetric centres around the globe, a concomitant of …

W by SISSELA BOK are asked to imagine the following irrational behavior. First, medical
personnel and a pregnant woman cooperate in abortive practices usu-ally fatal to an embryo …

In January 2012, the Journal of Medical Ethics published online Giubilini and Minerva's
paper,'After-birth abortion. Why should the baby live?'. 1 The Journal publishes articles …

Although the abortion debate continues to simmer in many places, the general issue of a
woman's right to an abortion, at least in the Western democracies, is largely settled. In its …

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 …

Changes in legal, ethical, medical, and political views on abortion have forced onto the
public agenda of most countries such questions as the right of women to choose to terminate …

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 remains one of the most complex and controversial issues in contemporary law and
bioethics. This volume draws together key essays from leading scholars on the ethical and …

In the first study of its kind, Jerome Legge provides a reasoned and dispassionate summary
of the procedures and effects of abortion. The ethics of abortion have been widely discussed …