By Fiona Macrae 

Doctors should have the right to kill newborn babies because they are disabled, too expensive or simply unwanted by their mothers, an academic with links to Oxford University has claimed.

Francesca Minerva, a philosopher and medical ethicist, argues a young baby is not a real person and so killing it in the first days after birth is little different to aborting it in the womb.

Even a healthy baby could have its life snuffed out if the mother decides she can’t afford to look after it, the article published by the British Medical Journal group states.  Read more... (1302 words, 1 image, estimated 5:12 mins reading time)

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Doctors should have the right to kill newborn babies because they are disabled, too expensive or simply unwanted by their mothers, an academic with links to Oxford University has claimed.<\/p>\n

Francesca Minerva, a philosopher and medical ethicist, argues a young baby is not a real person and so killing it in the first days after birth is little different to aborting it in the womb.<\/p>\n

Even a healthy baby could have its life snuffed out if the mother decides she can\u2019t afford to look after it, the article published by the British Medical Journal group states.  Read more...<\/a> (1302 words, 1 image, estimated 5:12 mins reading time)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n