
Preventing Prenatal Harm
Should the State Intervene?
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published on 31. July 1991
Book
Hardback
VIII, 156 pages
978-0-7923-0984-0 (ISBN)
Description
The issues explored in this book have unfortunately come to be known as 'maternal-fetal conflicts'. The phrase is unsatisfactory because it is misleading: It places the emphasis on the well-being of the fetus instead of on the born child (who will bear the burden of any harm done prenatally); it assumes a conflict between a pregnant women and her offspring (while the issue is usually more complex and more broadly based); and it incorrectly implies that all pregnant women are appropriately regarded as mothers. For these reasons, I have chosen to avoid the phrase 'matern- fetal conflict' altogether, and will instead speak in terms of 'preventable prenatal harm'. I mention this at the outset, for those of you familiar with 'maternal-fetal conflicts' who might be wondering if I am addressing the same issues. Yes. But I am trying to look at them in a new - and I hope more fruitful - way. I would like to thank the other participants in the Hastings Center's maternal-fetal project - especially those who disageed with me - for being so thought-provoking. And I owe a lasting debt of gratitude to Henry Ruth and Allen Buchanan for their invaluable counsel.
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Series
Edition
1991 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
VIII, 156 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
424 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7923-0984-0 (9780792309840)
DOI
10.1007/978-0-585-27181-1
Schweitzer Classification
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Content
Arguments in Favor of Coercing a Pregnant Woman to Act in the Interests of her Future Child.- Arguments against Legally Requiring a Pregnant Woman to Act in the Interests of her Future Child.- Practical Applications.