Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva - After-birth abortion why should the baby live文献资料.pdfVIP

Downloaded from on October 22, 2012 - Published by JME Online First, published on March 2, 2012 as 10.1136/medethics-2011-100411 Law, ethics and medicine PAPER After-birth abortion: why should the baby live? Alberto Giubilini,1,2 Francesca Minerva3 1Department of Philosophy, ABSTRACT pathology entails. Many parents would choose to University of Milan, Milan, Italy Abortion is largely accepted even for reasons that do not have an abortion if they find out, through genetic 2Centre for Human Bioethics, have anything to do with the fetus’ health. By showing prenatal testing, that their fetus is affected by TCS. Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia that (1) both fetuses and newborns do not have the However, genetic prenatal tests for TCS are usually 3Centre for Applied Philosophy same moral status as actual persons, (2) the fact that taken only if there is a family history of the disease. and Public Ethics, University of both are potential persons is morally irrelevant and (3) Sometimes, though, the disease is caused by a gene Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, adoption is not always in the best interest of actual mutation that intervenes in the gametes of Australia people, the authors argue that what we call ‘after-birth a healthy member of the couple. Moreover, tests for Correspondence to abortion’ (killing a newborn) should be permissible in all TCS are quite expensive and it takes several weeks Dr Francesca Minerva, CAPPE,