PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Matthew Beard
AU  - Sandra Lynch
TI  - Personhood, harm and interest: a reply to Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva
AID  - 10.1136/medethics-2012-100692
DP  - 2013 May 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - e1--e4
VI  - 39
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/39/5/e1.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/39/5/e1.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2013 May 01; 39
AB  - In the article ‘After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?’ arguments are made in favour of the moral permissibility of intentionally killing newborn infants, under particular conditions. Here we argue that their arguments are based on an indefensible view of personhood, and we question the logic of harm and interest that informs their arguments. Furthermore, we argue that the conclusions here are so contrary to ordinary moral intuitions that the argument and conclusions based upon it—including those which defend more mainstream methods of abortion—should be treated with immediate suspicion.