A Realistic Approach to Maternal-Fetal Conflict

We should not think of babies as having a right to be born healthy. We cannot say what such a right involves, and if we could, enforcing it would infringe on the mother's most basic rights. Most importantly, positing such a right casts the fetus and mother as adversaries, and so destroys the ma...

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Main Author: Hornstra, Deborah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1998
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 1998, Volume: 28, Issue: 5, Pages: 7-12
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Summary:We should not think of babies as having a right to be born healthy. We cannot say what such a right involves, and if we could, enforcing it would infringe on the mother's most basic rights. Most importantly, positing such a right casts the fetus and mother as adversaries, and so destroys the maternal-fetal relationship.
ISSN:1552-146X
Contains:Enthalten in: Hastings Center, The Hastings Center report
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3528225