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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Main Author: Soroush Dabbagh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2009-03-01
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