Department of law and ethics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12097284 |
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| Authors | ARTHUR ZUCKER (corresponding author), Louise Annarino |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 93-100 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Death Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0748-1187 • E-ISSN: 1091-7683 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07481189008252348 |
| OpenAlex | W4250759617 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The Supreme Court decided Webster v. Reproductive Health Services on July 3, 1989. The Missouri statute which the Supreme Court upheld, had as its preamble that the life of each human being begins at conception. It went on to stipulate that (1) unborn children be provided all the rights of other (adult) persons; (2) prior to performing an abortion, a physician must make every effort to ascertain the viability of the fetus if that physician has reason to believe that the fetus is 20 or more weeks old; (3) public employees and public facilities may not be used to perform or assist in the performing of abortions unless they are necessary to save the mother's life; and (4) the use of public funds, facilities and employees to counsel or to encourage a woman to have an abortion unless it is necessary to save her life is forbidden
Abortion · Abortion law · Environmental health · Family planning · Political science · Population · Preamble · Pregnancy · Research methodology · Statute · Supreme court · Engineering · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Reproductive Health and Technologies
| Highly cited | No |
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