Preventing Prenatal Harm: Should the State Intervene? Second Edition

by E. Haavi Morreim and Deborah Mathieu

Arguing that the state must meet strict conditions to justify interfering in at-risk pregnancies, Deborah Mathieu examines the legal and ethical concerns that arise when governments mandate the behavior of pregnant women. She explores both the pregnant woman's right to decide what happens to her body and the future child's right to be protected from avoidable damage. Mathieu addresses such topics as reproductive hazards in the workplace, mandated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087840600X
• ISBN13: 9780878406005
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher