[WikiEN-l] NPOV: Fetus personhood

Wed Jul 27 23:26:37 UTC 2005

On 7/28/05, steve v <vertigosteve at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Then we're in agreement that Fetal personhood needs to
> be an article. I disagree with Skyring's claim that
> NPOV policy and NPOV terminology should be left to
> each article. As physical science has rational bearing
> on issues regarding the concept of universe, so does
> medical science have a bearing on all medical issues.

Well, you'd hope so.

But when instead we are talking about legal issues, I'm not too sure
that doctors get the final word.

Or vice versa. Who do you want performing your vasectomy? A surgeon
with a scalpel and anaesthetics, or a judge with his gavel?

-- 
Peter in Canberra