KOINONIA ACADEMIC JOURNAL
VOLUME
July-September 2020
REPRODUCTION ETHICS
Paper 1
Mother and fetus: one entity
or two separate entities?
Catherine N Whittle DD, S.R.N.
Abstract: There are two leading approaches to pregnancy in law: pregnant women are viewed either as single entity or two separate entities. This study sets out to ascertain the following from the anatomical and physiological viewpoints:
whether the unborn fetus is merely uterine content continuous with maternal tissues, or
whether the unborn fetus is an anatomically and physiologically separate individual with unique fetal tissues co-existing within the maternal host as temporary gestational dweller.
The anatomical and physiological reality of whether mother and fetus are one entity or two separate entities can be posited to have impact upon medical, nursing and moral ethics.
Keywords: Ethics, Father, Fetus, Human Zygote, Intersex, Law, Medical, Moral, Mother, Nursing, One Entity, Pregnancy, Reproduction, Two Entities
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