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. 2008 Oct;13(5):301-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2008.03.008. Epub 2008 May 1.

United States law and managing the terminally ill fetus and newborn

L J Nelson  1
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United States law and managing the terminally ill fetus and newborn

L J Nelson. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2008 Oct.

Abstract

The article sets out the legal principles that govern practice in the US in relation to both the abnormal fetus and the terminally ill newborn. It also provides a view of the law relating to abortion more generally within the US.

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