| Interactions of law and ethics affecting reproductive choice. | |
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PMID: 16229390 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Controversies affecting reproductive choice can often be resolved within interactions of legal and ethical decision-making. This paper addresses three topics, following the methodology presented in Reproductive Health and Human Rights: Integrating Medicine, Ethics, and Law, by R.J. Cook, B.M. Dickens and M.F. Fathalla (Oxford University Press, 2003). The book's 15 case studies each addresses medical, ethical, legal and human rights aspects, and structural approaches at clinical, healthcare system and societal levels. STERILIZATION: Individual self-determination supports legal and ethical rights of intellectually competent persons to sterilization. Sterilization of intellectually compromised persons was historically abused, causing reactions of excessively protective prohibition. ABORTION: Most developed countries have liberalized abortion legislation, thereby reducing abortion-related mortality and morbidity, but many developing countries retain repressive colonial laws. Over 95% of the estimated 20 million unsafe abortions annually occur in developing countries. COURT-ORDERED CAESAREAN DELIVERIES: A concern in developed countries is the willingness of some courts to order Caesarean procedures over competent women's objections. |
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Authors:
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Bernard M Dickens |
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Type: Journal Article; Legal Cases |
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Title: Medicine and law Volume: 24 ISSN: 0723-1393 ISO Abbreviation: Med Law Publication Date: 2005 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-10-18 Completed Date: 2005-11-15 Revised Date: 2006-03-21 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8218185 Medline TA: Med Law Country: South Africa |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 549-59 Citation Subset: E; IM |
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Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Canada. |
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Adolescent Adult Choice Behavior* Developed Countries Developing Countries Female Humans Pregnancy Reproductive Behavior / ethics* World Health Organization |
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