Abortion, Eugenic

Eugenics was defined by Galton as 'the science which deals with all influences that improve the inborn qualities of a race'. In… (More)

BACKGROUND Cuba and Chile have the lower infant mortality rates of Latin America. Infant mortality rate in Cuba is similar to… (More)

The wide implantation of strategies of sifted or prenatal selection close to laws that protect the destruction of the human life… (More)

The ability to detect chromosomal or genetic defects in embryos in vitro, associated with assisted human reproduction techniques… (More)

I propose that a lethal (L. letalis) defect in a foetus or newborn be understood as: (1) a developmental anomaly that leads to… (More)

The electric tapping of the keyboard has an almost audible hum as messages fire across the National Society of Genetic Counselor… (More)

Although abortion has been the most debated of all issues analyzed in bioethics, no moral consensus has been achieved. The… (More)

The New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, affirmed the dismissal of a malpractice action brought under "wrongful life… (More)

In 1967 the CMA officially approved abortions by physicians when there was "a substantial chance that the child would be born… (More)

By 1978, the ruling concerning abortion liberalization of the law No. 194 resulted in an increase in the number of therapeutic… (More)