The ethical indefensibility of heartbeat bills

Recently, several states in the United States have sought to adopt more restrictive abortion policies. Most have tried to enact “heartbeat bills” that prohibit most abortions once a fetal heartbeat becomes detectable. This article explores this question: Are heartbeat bills ethically defensible? I a...

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Main Author: Shaw, Joshua (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2022
In: Bioethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 36, Issue: 8, Pages: 858-864
RelBib Classification:KBQ North America
NCH Medical ethics
XA Law
Further subjects:B heartbeats
B embryos
B in vitro fertilization
B Abortion
B cardiopulmonary standard of death
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