The moral status of the near-term fetus.

The moral status of the near-term fetus.

Continuing a dialogue begun in an earlier issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics (1988 Mar; 14(1): 3-4, 18-24), the authors reaffirm their position that third trimester fetuses should be given the same moral status as persons, and respond to Gillon's criticism that their view would not permit killing the fetus to save the mother. They argue that newborns possess the moral and legal status of p...

on the status of mixed methods research in applied linguistics

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Pregnancy, obstetrics and the moral status of the fetus.

Behavioral states in the fetus near term.

On the basis of comparison and analogy it can be stated. that in the mature fetus behavioral states comparable to those seen in the newborn infant, i.e. quiet sleep, active sleep and even some kind of wakefulness do exist (1). These states can be identified fairly well from heart rate and motor activity patterns. According to evaluation of 8 hour recordinqs of FHR and fetal movements in the fet...

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