TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1979//
TI  - Self-ownership, abortion and infanticide
JO  - Journal of medical ethics
A1  - Paul, E. F.
A1  - Paul, J.
SP  - 133
EP  - 138
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-6800
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -