Fetal Personhood, Legal Ambiguity and the Treatment of Brain Death in Pregnancy
Abstract
The treatment of patients experiencing brain death/death by neurologic criteria (BD/DNC) has become a new flashpoint following the demise of a right to choose abortion. The case of Adriana Smith, a...
Fields of Study & Subjects
Organ Donation and Transplantation
Neuroethics
Human Enhancement
Biomedical Innovations
Homicide
Infanticide
and Child Abuse
Publication details
- Journal / source
- The American Journal of Bioethics
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 39–41
- Publication date
- 2 January 2026
- Language
- EN