The moral significance of spontaneous abortion.

The role of miRNA in Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion

Abortion is a term used for missing of fetus before 20th week of pregnancy, which is a common complication of pregnancy and its aetiology usually remains unknown. Known aetiologies for this phenomenon include structural malformation of uterus, genetic anomalies, autoimmune conditions, endocrine defects, coagulative and trombophilic disorders, polycystic ovary, obesity, and lifestyle. Abortion h...

Abortion and Moral Risk1

It is natural for those with permissive attitudes toward abortion to suppose that, if they have examined all of the arguments they know against abortion and have concluded that they fail, their moral deliberations are at an end. Surprisingly, this is not the case, as I argue. This is because the mere risk that one of those arguments succeeds can generate a moral reason that counts against the a...

The regulatory cliff edge between contraception and abortion: the legal and moral significance of implantation

In regulating the voluntary interruption of pregnancy, English law has accorded particular significance to two biological events. First, 'viability', the moment when a fetus is said to acquire the capacity for independent life, plays an important role in grounding restrictions on access to legal abortion later in pregnancy. Second, equally significantly but far less frequently discussed, 'impla...

Evaluation of the Association between the C677T Polymorphism of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene and Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion

Introduction: One factor known to cause thrombophilia in women with unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) is C677T polymorphism of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene. This study aimed to determine the association between RSA and MTHFR C677T polymorphism in Iranian patients. Methods: In this case-control study, 30 patients with previous history of two or more consecutive unexpla...

The Moral Significance of Nationalism