TY - BOOK ID - 10456001 TI - Interests in abortion : a new perspective on foetal potential and the abortion debate. PY - 2000 SN - 0754611469 PB - Aldershot Ashgate DB - UniCat KW - #GBIB:CBMER KW - abortus (vrijwillige zwangerschapsafbreking) KW - foetus KW - s KW - avortement (interruption volontaire de grossesse, IVG) KW - Abortion KW - Fetus KW - Right to life. KW - Bioethics. KW - Fetus. KW - Abortion, Induced. KW - Fetal Development. KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Physiology. KW - Right to life KW - Respect for life KW - Right of life KW - Right to life (International law) KW - En ventre sa mè€re KW - Fetal rights KW - Human embryo KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Physiology KW - Law and legislation KW - Moral and religious aspects KW - Human rights KW - Unborn children (Law) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:10456001 AB - A contribution to the abortion debate. Tracie Martin understands personhood in terms of psychological states and argues that early foetuses who lack the relevant mental states are not persons. However, she feels that by 24 weeks gestation foetuses have acquired the relevant characteristics. Ever since Michael Tooley published his article on "Abortion and Infanticide" in 1972, the abortion debate has revolved around questions such as: "What is a person?"; "What is it that gives persons the right to life?"; and "Is it wrong to kill potential persons?" This study defends a position that accepts elements from both the liberal and conservative tradition. Following Tooley, Tracie Martin understands personhood in terms of psychological states and agrees that early foetuses who lack the relevant mental states are not persons. While this might seem a victory for the liberal tradition, Martin then goes on to provide an empirically-based argument for the view that by 24-weeks gestation foetuses have acquired the relevant characteristics that provide strong grounds for thinking that it is directly wrong to kill such foetuses. ER -