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Sorry to burst bubbles, but The Daily Currant (note the spelling) is a satirical newspaper. If that's anything to go by, the whole thing is just a bit of satire.

What about late in pregnancy? Do you have any objections to abortions late in pregnancy? If you do/don't what reasons do you give for allowing/not allowing abortion late in pregnancy? I don't see many people against early term abortions, its later in pregnancy where people start having...

I was just wanting to be more specific with the terminology used, by calling it a fetus it already has a brain/nervous system (not fully developed but present). But I do take your point that you were meaning to compare it to the embryonic stage before those structures were clearly present. I...

Laurens, A fetus has a brain and nervous system before birth and isn't a distinguishing feature of a baby vs fetus. Scientifically the fetus is a developing mammal or other viviparous vertebrate after the embryonic stage and before birth. In human IIRC its around 9-38 weeks gestation The...

Hi James, Thanks for the welcome =) My guess at their backgrounds is more of a guess than anything really; Giubilini appears to affliated with the University of Milan and Monash University (one in Italy, the other in Australia), and Minerva affliated with University of Melbourne. Anyway...

The authors go a bit further that suggesting after-birth abortion would be permissable if the child turns out to be disabled. They are making the point that whatever reasons for abortion pre-birth, can be extended to apply afterbirth before 'person-hood' is reached. The whatever reasons they...

I'm from Australia, not sure what is exactly meant by socialised medicine. I will offer my opinion on the system we have in Australia. There's both a public and a private system, I'm only providing a simplified explanation of the system so if you want any extra details/clarifications please...