Journal article
Protecting future children from in-utero harm
- Abstract:
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Actions of pregnant women can cause harm to their future children. However, even if the possible harm is serious and likely to occur, the law will generally not intervene. A pregnant woman is regarded as an autonomous person who is entitled to make her own decisions. A fetus in-utero has no legal right to protection. In striking contrast, the child, if born alive, may sue for injury in-utero; and the child is entitled to be protected by being removed from her parents if necessary for her p...
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- Publication status:
- Accepted
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Bioethics Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2015-01-01
- ISSN:
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1467-8519
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:591034
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uuid:6918254d-1619-456c-9ed5-3ba6ce630198
- Local pid:
- pubs:591034
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591034
- Deposit date:
- 2016-01-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2015
- Notes:
- This paper has been accepted for publication in Bioethics, published by Wiley.
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