PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Benedetto Rocchi
TI  - Why should the baby live? Human right to life and the precautionary principle
AID  - 10.1136/medethics-2012-100735
DP  - 2013 May 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - e6--e10
VI  - 39
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/39/5/e6.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/39/5/e6.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2013 May 01; 39
AB  - This paper discusses the issue of ‘post-birth abortion’ from an applied perspective. Three hypothetical situations where a newborn considered as a ‘potential person’ is at risk of being killed are proposed to highlight the potential controversial outcomes of post-birth abortion. The internal consistency of the argument proposed by Giubilini and Minerva to morally justify newborn killing is contested as well. Finally, an alternative moral strategy based on the precautionary principle and excluding any distinction between potential and actual persons is proposed as rational.