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Death before life: The legal status of cadaveric foetuses
The issue of how to dispose of aborted foetuses is a sensitive ethical and legal issue which relates directly to the legal status of the foetus. An illustrative example of this issue’s practical legal relevance is the Danish Council of Ethics’ recommendation of March 3, 2011, in reply to the Municipality of Odense regarding the establishment of a separate anonymous lawn for aborted foetuses at the town’s principal cemetery in order to provide parents with a free and optional alternative to the current procedure.The aim of this article is to analyse death before life in Danish law and to offer some general reflections on the legal status of cadaveric foetuses
Nordic Health Law in a European Context:Welfare State Perspectives on Patients' Rights and Biomedicine
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