Terminating the pregnancy of a braindead mother: Does a fetus have a right to life The law in South Africa
In the recent Texas case of Munoz v John Peter Smith Hospital, a husband obtained a court order for the removal of life support from his brain dead pregnant wife whose body was decaying, after a hospital tried to keep her on ‘life support’ until the foetus was born. The question is whether a Sou...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Health and Medical Publishing Group
2014-11-01
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| Series: | South African Journal of Bioethics and Law |
| Online Access: | http://www.sajbl.org.za/index.php/sajbl/article/download/317/352 |