Joseph, Rita <br/><br/>
Human rights and the unborn child / 
by Rita Joseph. 
 - Leiden:   Boston  Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,   2009.  
 - xviii, 347 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-338) and index. 
<br/><br/>UDHR recognition of the child before birth : analysis of the texts -- UDHR recognition of the child before birth : the historical context -- Fundamentals of the universal declaration's human rights protection -- The inaugural human right : to be born free and equal -- What is "appropriate" legal protection before as well as after birth? -- The right to life and to the necessities of life -- Decriminalization : a treaty interpretation manifestly unreasonable -- CRC legislative history and the child before birth -- Selective abortion on grounds of disability -- European Convention (1950) and the unborn child -- American Convention on Human Rights : " ...in general, from the moment of conception" -- Reclaiming rights of the African child at risk of abortion -- Selective abortion : an act of violence and discrimination on grounds of sex -- Children's rights : " ...without any exceptions whatsoever" -- Ideologies must conform to human rights, not human rights to ideologies. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004175 9004175601 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Abortion--Law and legislation<br/>Human rights<br/>Right to life<br/>Unborn children (Law)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>341.48572