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Volume 19, Issue 3-4
1 March 1999
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Abortion and the question of the person Available to Purchase

John Walker
John Walker
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6720
Print ISSN: 0144-333X
© MCB UP Limited
1999
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (1999) 19 (3-4): 48–52.
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443339910788749

Argues that the basic case for abortion is based upon the assumption that the foetus is not a person. Discusses the concept of a person and the potential for and actualization of this status. Concludes that the child is born with value and therefore possesses inalienable rights.

Keywords:
Abortion, Children, Rights issues
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