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PubMed1987

Moral obligations to the not-yet born: the fetus as patient.

The fetus destined to be born rather than aborted has become increasingly an object of medical and moral concern. With considerable justification, women view this concern--which they share to a great degree--with suspicion that it will serve as a pretext for denying them social and economic equality with men. This article attempts to show that practical moral judgments about our obligations to not-yet-born children can be made without falling into the abyss of controversy surrounding abortion. By stressing the similarities in fathers' duties to their born children, we can also counter a measure of our historical propensity to view women's moral duties to their not-yet-born children as the overwhelmingly important feature of their moral lives, and resist the temptation to impose coercive public policies.

Abortion, Induced↗
PubMed1983

The fetus as a patient: emerging rights as a person?

Dramatic scientific breakthroughs in medical technology have revolutionized the physician's diagnostic prowess in the art of obstetrics. Scientific procedures now reveal previously undetectable secrets about the womb's tiny inhabitants. In the last few years, perinatologists have not only demonstrated the ability to discern fetal abnormalities of an extraordinary variety, but also have become increasingly successful in correcting many of these defects in utero. This article identifies the potential medicolegal conflicts that may arise as fetal surgery becomes an accepted medical practice. It begins by surveying the legal rights of unborn persons with a particular emphasis on the role of viability in determining those rights. The article will then examine the concept of viability as developed by the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade and later abortion decisions and concludes that the current judicial deference to the medical community in determining viability is adequate for balancing rights in the abortion context. However, conflicts among physicians and between the other and her unborn child that may arise in the fetal surgery context suggest that viability may be an adequate benchmark for resolving such conflicts. The article concludes with a recommendation to reform the current method of resolving the critical question of when a fetus becomes viable.

Abortion, Legal↗
PubMed1989

The abortion ethos: pervasive but not persuasive.

The history of the past 16 years has borne out pro-life predictions that abortion would be the precursor of an even wider assault on helpless people. The unborn initially were the victim of choice because they were, in 1973, outside our customary line of moral vision. But as a dress rehearsal for a pattern of discretionary killing what was most significant about abortion was its explicit rejection of the Declaration of Independence's principle holding that our right to life is "inalienable." Abortion taught us that the lives of some are alienable and raised the question, why not the lives of others? Contrary to stereotype, the pro-life movement is a classic reform movement, inbued with a fierce belief in the inherent worth and equality of mankind.

Abortion, Legal↗
PubMed1989

When rights collide.

Roe v. Wade has been fated to be overruled. Its demise has been guaranteed because of the evident political nature of the opinion, and because the Supreme Court will not long favor one intensely held "right" over its opposite intensely held "right." Past history shows the Court will step back from such a position. Finally, Roe v. Wade will be disposed of because it stands for certain values this country has long ago rejected.

Abortion, Legal↗
PubMed1992

Anencephaly and the interruption of pregnancy: policy proposals for HECs.

This article is directed to hospital communities where absolute proscriptions exist against abortion. The assumption is that many will be Catholic institutions and therefore Catholic moral teachings are examined carefully. By addressing anti-abortion arguments in the context of anencephaly, I hope to show that within even the most conservative moral traditions, humane exceptions to absolute proscriptions against abortion can be justified. More specifically, the article is directed to HECs which either have unstated or ambiguous policies on abortion. It will attempt to show what a reasonable policy could look like and how it could be defended. For committee members not involved in policy questions about abortion, it may stimulate some ethical discussion.

Abortion, Induced↗
PubMed1989

Of mulattos, mischlinge, and Minsky's machines.

Hegel once remarked that "what experience and history teach us is that people and governments never have learned anything from history or acted on principles deduced from it." Historically, efforts to define a human being sufficiently equipped biologically or politically to meet a set of factitious standards for inclusion in the community of mankind have invariably resulted in unspeakable injustices. The continuing exclusion of the human fetus from this community is another (and the latest) tragic example of the historical myopia of which Hegel spoke.

Abortion, Legal↗