The ethical indefensibility of heartbeat bills
Recently, several states in the United States have sought to adopt more restrictive abortion policies. Most have tried to enact “heartbeat bills” that prohibit most abortions once a fetal heartbeat becomes detectable. This article explores this question: Are heartbeat bills ethically defensible? I a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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Bioethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 36, Issue: 8, Pages: 858-864 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KBQ North America NCH Medical ethics XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
heartbeats
B embryos B in vitro fertilization B Abortion B cardiopulmonary standard of death |
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