NURS 3225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Abortion Debate, Maternal Death, Reproductive Health
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Doesn"t necessarily denote less value than a (cid:498)baby (cid:498) in my mind: reproductive health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being in all. John keown- sees 3 different views on the values of human life: 1. Vitalism costs, regardless of suffering, quality of life or cost: human life has absolute moral value and should be protected at all, 2. Sanctity/inviolability of life all life has an intrinsic dignity and should be: basis of judeo christian values and hippocratic oath - though shall not protected from unjust attack. kill, above all do no harm. To plan pregnancies: if yes, is this a liberty or claim right, liberty right?- no one can stop you from exercising this right, however, you may have to pay for it yourself, examples: met! Issues of other reproductive services: genetic screening and testing, prenatal genetic diagnosis is accomplished through an examination of the fetal.
