Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comment
. 2013 May;39(5):e11-4.
doi: 10.1136/medethics-2012-101031.

After-birth and before-birth personhood: why the baby should live

Nikolaus Johannes Knoepffler  1 , Martin J O'Malley
Affiliations
Comment

After-birth and before-birth personhood: why the baby should live

Nikolaus Johannes Knoepffler et al. J Med Ethics. 2013 May.

Abstract

The basic human experience of the atrocities in the first half of the 20th century has significantly strengthened the recognition of human dignity and human rights for all born people at the political level. Therefore, the Charter of the United Nations in 1945 and its Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, Article 1 affirms: 'All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights'. This article provides an ethical justification of why we in this political consensus should not waver, and why we should grant the right to life to all born human infants. Moreover, there is an ethical justification to granting the right to life even to unborn human beings, who already bear a human face.

Keywords: Abortion; Human Dignity; Mentally Ill and Disabled Persons; Newborns and Minors.

PubMed Disclaimer

Comment on

LinkOut - more resources