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Response to “Abortion and Assent” by Rosamond Rhodes (CQ Vol 8, No 4)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2001

Matti Häyry
Matti Häyry
Affiliation:
Philosophy at the University of Kuopio, Finland
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Abstract

Abortions are legally permitted in most Western societies if there is a reasonable expectation that the child, if born, would be physically or mentally disabled. Even late-term abortions, which would not be allowed in the case of healthy fetuses, are accepted on the basis of foreseen disability.

Type
RESPONSES AND DIALOGUE
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 79 - 87
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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