A Pain in the Fetus: Toward Ending Confusion about Fetal Pain

Are fetuses, at any stage of their development, capable of feeling pain? In his paper, ‘Locating the Beginnings of Pain’, Stuart Derbyshire argues that they are not. We argue that he reaches this conclusion by way of conceptual confusion, a misreading of the available scientific data and the inclusi...

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Authors: Benatar, David (Author) ; Benatar, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2001
In: Bioethics
Year: 2001, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 57-76
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