how can i prove that?? do you know a website saying that?
2007-12-09 07:03:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Any thing born becomes existant. If the rule says there is no legality till birth, there is no legality till birth. Why search for Website when u can get information from Govt Dept.?
2007-12-09 07:13:08 · answer #1 · answered by pai 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is anything written which explicity says "Foetuses are not people" - but it is certainly implied by the fact that abortions are legal, wheras murder is not. This would only be the case if the foetus was regarded as a collection of human cells rather than as a seperate human entity.
Abortion was a capital offense in 1803, but this was changed in 1929 when abortions were allowed up until 28 weeks if it were to save the mother's life, and the laws further relaxed until it's present state of 24 weeks, but only on the grounds of to save the mother's life and mental/physical health, to avoid injury to physical/mental health of existing children or if the child were to be severely handicapped. Essentially this means abortions are NOT on demand like they are in countries such as France.
2007-12-09 15:37:29 · answer #2 · answered by Mordent 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, and a website proves nothing. All foetuses are "unborn" if you think about it. And they never have had any legal status in England - since the dawn of time.
2007-12-09 15:12:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't explicitly stated anywhere - why would it be? The government doesn't have a website that looks like this.
THINGS THAT ARE NOT LEGALLY PEOPLE
- Rocks
- Shoelaces
- Foetuses
- Cabbage
But you don't legally need to get a birth certificate or a death certificate for a foetus (nor could you if you tried), and you can legally terminate them.
I choose to think this is sufficient evidence.
2007-12-09 15:19:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a great deal of hypocrisy here on the part of a signatory to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. http://www.unicef.org/crc/ Whereas some countries, such as Senegal and Malta, have specified that this includes the lives of children from conception onwards, this would, of course, fly in the face of legislation permitting abortion. Children, for as long as they are under 24 weeks, are therefore deemed to be "pregnancies". There is an interesting review from Australia.
http://www.priestsforlife.org/articles/flemingp1.html
There is a wealth of material on the website of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children. http://www.spuc.org.uk/
http://www.gerv.net/writings/foetal-personhood/
http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co-operation/bioethics/activities/human_embryo_and_foetus/TermsRefGT3revised.asp#TopOfPage
2007-12-09 17:05:30 · answer #5 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A foetus does not become a person until it is viable. In the early unborn stages, it is just a parasite.
2007-12-10 15:58:58 · answer #6 · answered by steffi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do, they`re called Policemen.
2007-12-10 08:05:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/abortion~ethical
This site may help - try searching under fetal rights.
2007-12-09 15:15:26 · answer #8 · answered by Dee L 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋