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Response to “Abortion and Assent” by Rosamond Rhodes (CQ Vol 8, No 4)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2001

Matti Häyry
Affiliation:
Philosophy at the University of Kuopio, Finland

Abstract

Abortions are legally permitted in most Western societies if there is a reasonable expectation that the child, if born, would be physically or mentally disabled. Even late-term abortions, which would not be allowed in the case of healthy fetuses, are accepted on the basis of foreseen disability.

Type
RESPONSES AND DIALOGUE
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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