title: The moral status of babies.
abstract: In their controversial paper 'After-birth abortion', Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva argue that there is no rational basis for allowing abortion but prohibiting infanticide ('after-birth abortion'). We ought in all consistency either to allow both or prohibit both. This paper rejects their claim, arguing that much-neglected considerations in philosophical discussions of this issue are capable of explaining why we currently permit abortion in some circumstances, while prohibiting infanticide.
authors: Faculty of Law, Health Law Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, C Block, 2 George Street, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia. a.mcgee@qut.edu.au
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: McGee
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000941:ethics*; D000300:Adoption; D033421:Beginning of Human Life / Q000941:ethics*; D005328:Fetal Viability; D006801:Humans; D007237:Infanticide / Q000941:ethics*; D028681:Moral Obligations; D028723:Personhood; D026712:Value of Life
keywords: Abortion; Embryos and Fetuses; Infanticide; Newborns and Minors; Speciesism