It is usually accepted by ethicists that birth does not alter moral status. Rather, it is thought
that the rule according full legal rights at birth is pragmatic. Pragmatic reasoning is …

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 …

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 …

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 …

In'After-birth abortion: Why should the baby live?', Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva
challenge the widely-held belief that the moral status of newborn infants differs from that of …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …