Fetus as Human Being: Where is the Cut-off Point?
Abortion is one of the controversial issues discussed in medical ethics. We can formulatethe argument which is put forward by the opponents of abortion as follows: 1) fetus hasto be regarded as human being; 2) killing an innocent human being is morally wrong; 3)aborting is an example of killing and...
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Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2009-03-01
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Series: | Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://journals.tums.ac.ir/upload_files/pdf/12792.pdf |