Life before birth the moral and legal status of embryos and fetuses

This title provides a coherent framework for addressing bioethical issues connected to the moral status of embryos and fetuses. The book explores the conceptual and practical difficulties raised by abortion, prenatal torts, wrongful life the crime of feticide, substance abuse by pregnant women, and...

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Main Author: Steinbock, Bonnie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2011, 2011
Edition:2nd ed
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This title provides a coherent framework for addressing bioethical issues connected to the moral status of embryos and fetuses. The book explores the conceptual and practical difficulties raised by abortion, prenatal torts, wrongful life the crime of feticide, substance abuse by pregnant women, and much more
Item Description:Previous ed.: 1992
Physical Description:xvi, 311 p.
ISBN:9780199897131