In an earlier article, we discussed the difficult issue of balancing maternal andfetal interests
in obstetric decision-making (1). We gave special attention to fetuses weighing more than …

In this issue Dr Garland Anderson, Chief of the'Maternal-Fetal Medicine'Department at the
University of Tennessee in Memphis USA, and Dr Carson Strong, medical ethicist in …

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 …

It is commonly held that there can be no morally relevant difference between a fetus inside
the womb and about to be born and that same fetus just after it has been born. Birth, it is …

The fetus destined to be born rather than aborted has become increasingly an object of
medical and moral concern. With considerable justification, women view this concern …

Medical advances in newborn care have raised ethical dilemmas as to the level of care
which is appropriate when an infant is severely damaged and incapable of a reasonable …

Dramatic changes in the technological care available to newborn infants has resulted in the
capability of saving the lives of the majority of even the sickest and smallest neonates …

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 …

The moral obligations and ethical duties of health care professionals responsible for the
care of a pregnant woman, a fetus, and a child are complex and evolve with gestation and …

Among those who have defended a policy of selective non-treatmentof defective newborns,
none have been as forceful or direct in stating and defending their views as have Duff and …