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Prenatal wrongful death

Nature

The death of a foetus, through malpractice in amniocentesis for example, is not recognized as a cause for legal action in most common law jurisdictions. This is primarily because there is a requirement that one have had live birth in order to be a legal person. Because laws concerning the unborn are still in major transition in many countries, wrongful death of a foetus is not a criminal offence.

Broader

Induced abortion
Presentable

Related

Infanticide
Excellent

Value

Wrongness
Yet to rate
Death
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-beingSustainable Development Goal #5: Gender Equality

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Subject
Content quality
Presentable
 Presentable
Language
English
Last update
Oct 4, 2020