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Who Gets to Choose? Responses to the Foetal / Maternal Conflict

Author: Ross Hyams
Monash University School of Law
Subjects: Feminist jurisprudence (Other articles)
Fetus - legal status laws - Australia (Other articles)
Fetus - legal status laws - United States
Issue: Volume 2, Number 3 (December 1995)
Category: Comment

Abstract

This paper examines the development of U.S. Law and feminism on the issues of foetal rights versus the rights of the mother. Australian law is viewed in light of the U.S. experience.

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