caa a22 4500 606170790 CHVBK 20210128100719.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10728-012-0232-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10728-012-0232-1 Kluge Eike-Henner Department of Philosophy, University of Victoria, V8W 3P4, Victoria, BC, Canada aut Ethical Considerations on Methods Used in Abortions [Elektronische Daten] [Eike-Henner Kluge] There is a fundamental inconsistency in Western society's treatment of non-human animals on the one hand, and of human foetuses on the other. While most Western countries allow the butchering of animals and their use in experimentation, this must occur under carefully controlled conditions that are intended to minimize their pain and suffering as much as possible. At the same time, most Western countries permit various abortion methods without similar concerns for the developing fetus. The only criteria for deciding which abortion method is used centre in the stage of the pregnancy, the size of the fetus, the health of the pregnant woman and the physician's preference. This is out of step with the underlying ethos of animal cruelty legislation, cannot be justified ethically and should be rectified by adjusting abortion methods to the capacity of the fetus to experience nociception and/or pain. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2012 Abortion nationallicence Fetus nationallicence Pain nationallicence Nociception nationallicence Humane legislation nationallicence Health Care Analysis Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 23/1(2015-03-01), 1-18 1065-3058 23:1<1 2015 23 10728 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-012-0232-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-012-0232-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Kluge Eike-Henner Department of Philosophy, University of Victoria, V8W 3P4, Victoria, BC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Health Care Analysis Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 23/1(2015-03-01), 1-18 1065-3058 23:1<1 2015 23 10728