Third trimester abortion for fetal abnormality

Bioethics

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 306-313

  Gevers, Sjef ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032840346     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8519.00159     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

1. Late zwangerschapsafbreking: zorgvuldigheid en toetsing (Late termination of pregnancy: care and assessment), Rapport van de Overleggroep late zwangerschapsafbreking, Ministerie van VWS, Rijswijk 1998.
2. Hoge Raad 29 mei 1990, NJ 1990, 217.
3. Nota late zwangerschapsafbreking (Report on late termination of pregnancy), Netherlands Association for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Utrecht 1994.
4. For a full account, see J. M. Bosma, G. van der Wal, S. L. Hosman-Benjaminse, 'Late termination of pregnancy in North Holland', Br. Jnl. Obst. Gyn. 104 (1997) 478-487.
5. J.A.M. Hunfeld, The grief of late pregnancy loss, Erasmus University, Rotterdam 1995, reports that shortly after hearing the diagnosis of a serious or lethal fetal anomaly, 46 women were interviewed on their motives for terminating or for continuing their pregnancy of more than 24 weeks. In 30 cases the pregnancy was terminated two to six weeks following the diagnosis. The main reason for doing so was that the women considered the fact that they were carrying a baby which would die to be unbearable. A minority of 16 women wanted to continue with the pregnancy, the most important reason for this being 'the strong tie with the baby' (p. 69).
6. Art. L.162-12 Code de sante publique. As a result of the adoption of the famous Bioethics Laws, this article has been modified, but the substance has not been changed.
7. Art. 350, 2 Penal Code.
8. Termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality in England, Wales and Scotland, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, January 1996.
9. R. Beckmann, 'Der "Wegfall" der embryopathischen Indikation', Medizin Recht 1998, 155-161.