Is the Fetus a Person?

by Jean Reith Schroedel

Book Overview

Without a doubt, the sharpest public debates over the value of fetal life have revolved around the conditions, if any, under which abortion should be legal. Yet the question of whether the fetus is or is not a person is central in two other policy domains: substance abuse by pregnant women and assaults on pregnant women, especially assaults that cause the death of a fetus.At first glance, all three issues seem similar--all ask the question of how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801437075
• ISBN13: 9780801437076
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher