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PDFReproductive ethics
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Birth, meaningful viability and abortion
- Correspondence to Dr David Jensen, Department of Philosophy, Brigham Young University, 4093 JFSB, Provo, UT 84602, USA; davidj{at}byu.edu
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Birth, meaningful viability and abortion
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- Received November 21, 2013
- Revised June 8, 2014
- Accepted June 24, 2014
- First published July 10, 2014.
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April 27, 2016
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