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The English Fetus and the Right to Life

2004-01-01

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Abstract Following the enactment of the Human Rights Act 1998 in English law, there was speculation as to whether the English legal position that the fetus has no right to life is compatible with Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Vo v. France provides an opportunity to reflect on the current English and ECtHR approaches to the...

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Literature Corpus work: 77491c4f-a971-553e-b9be-9a954ecba320
DOI: 10.1163/1571809043418324

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