RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Yes, the baby should live: a pro-choice response to Giubilini and Minerva JF Journal of Medical Ethics JO J Med Ethics FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics SP 330 OP 335 DO 10.1136/medethics-2012-100656 VO 39 IS 5 A1 Manninen, Bertha Alvarez YR 2013 UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/39/5/330.abstract AB In their paper 'After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?' Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva argue that because there are no significant differences between a fetus and a neonate, in that neither possess sufficiently robust mental traits to qualify as persons, a neonate may be justifiably killed for any reason that also justifies abortion. To further emphasise their view that a newly born infant is more on a par with a fetus rather than a more developed baby, Giubilini and Minerva elect to call this 'after-birth abortion' rather than infanticide. In this paper, I argue that their thesis is incorrect, and that the moral permissibility of abortion does not entail the moral permissibility of 'after-birth' abortion.