Technology and the legal discourse of fetal autonomy |
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Authors: | Morris C |
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Institution: | Royal Courts of Justice, London, UK. |
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Abstract: | The relationship between society, medicine, and the law is multi-faceted and complex. This Article examines the process of, and the influences on, the construction of fetal personhood in the legal discourses in American and Commonwealth case law and statutes. It demonstrates how the physical and visual separation of the fetus, as made possible by medical advances, has influenced the development of legal doctrine relating to the rights of the fetus. |
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