
#782 - Highlights from the Whatever Abortion Debate
The Counsel of Trent
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The Right to Medical Care for a Newborn Human Being
I don't think they would have any rights yet because rights are only afforded to persons. So even if we had a newborn who could be conscious, if we gave them medicine, they don't have any kind of right to that treatment. And I guess their parents couldn't say this child ought to be treated any more than somebody who has a dog that's injured would have a right to similar treatment. But the question of whether we as a human society will treat this infant who is similar... Is there some moral compulsion on a healthcare system to provide emergency services or something? Yes.
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