The Dead Unborn, Postmortem Privacy Cases, and Abortion Rights

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-6-2024

Abstract

The privacy of the dead is an interesting area of concern for bioethicists. There is a legal doctrine that the dead can't have privacy rights, but also a body of contrary law ascribing privacy rights to the deceased and kin in relation to the deceased. As women's abortion privacy is under assault by American courts and legislatures, the implications of ascribing privacy rights to embryos and fetuses is more important than ever. Caution is called for in this domain.

Publication Title

Hastings Center Report

Publication Citation

54 Hastings Ctr. Rep. 2 (2024)

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.1586

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