Abstract
We should not think of babies as having a right to be born healthy. We cannot say what such a right involves, and if we could, enforcing it would infringe on the mother's most basic rights. Most importantly, positing such a right casts the fetus and mother as adversaries, and so destroys the maternal-fetal relationship.
MeSH terms
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Abortion, Induced
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Alcoholism
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Behavior
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Behavior Control
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Cesarean Section
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Coercion
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Emotions
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Female
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Fetus
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Human Rights
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Humans
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Jurisprudence
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Maternal-Fetal Relations*
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Pregnancy*
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Pregnant Women*
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Prenatal Diagnosis
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Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects*
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Risk
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Smoking
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Social Control, Formal*
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Social Problems
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Socioeconomic Factors
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Substance-Related Disorders
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Treatment Refusal
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Vulnerable Populations
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Women
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Women's Rights