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Human Life vs Human Personhood

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What Is a Person?

Part of the book series: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society ((CIBES))

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Many are the legacies of Roe vs Wade, not the least of which, of course, is the death of more than ten million unborn children. Apart from the hideous slaughter there well may be one overwhelming effect of this Supreme Court decision that is not adverted to sufficiently, especially in the light of the future which already is building.

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Brungs, R. (1988). Human Life vs Human Personhood. In: Goodman, M.F. (eds) What Is a Person?. Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3950-5_15

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