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Comment
. 2013 May;39(5):345-8.
doi: 10.1136/medethics-2012-100629.

The moral status of babies

Andrew McGee  1
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The moral status of babies

Andrew McGee. J Med Ethics. 2013 May.
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Abstract

In their controversial paper 'After-birth abortion', Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva argue that there is no rational basis for allowing abortion but prohibiting infanticide ('after-birth abortion'). We ought in all consistency either to allow both or prohibit both. This paper rejects their claim, arguing that much-neglected considerations in philosophical discussions of this issue are capable of explaining why we currently permit abortion in some circumstances, while prohibiting infanticide.

Keywords: Abortion; Embryos and Fetuses; Infanticide; Newborns and Minors; Speciesism.

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