@article{ref1,
title="Self-ownership, abortion and infanticide",
journal="Journal of medical ethics",
year="1979",
author="Paul, E. F. and Paul, J.",
volume="5",
number="3",
pages="133-138",
abstract="Physicians find themselves in an impossible position because abortion laws sanction the termination of an intrawomb fetus but find attempts to end the life of a fetus who survives the abortion procedures to be criminal. If the philosophy of self-ownership is posited, the right of a mother to abort an unwanted pregnancy is recognized. Recognition of the self-ownership of the fetus leads to the understanding that, following the point of viability of the fetus, only abortion procedures which aim at delivery of a live infant can be performed. As medical science advances, the point of viability for a fetus will recede gradually toward the point of conception. This recession would eventually force reappraisal of the point in the pregnancy after which only abortions aimed at delivery of a live baby would be permissible.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-6800",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}