The Pros And Cons Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights

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Furthermore, it is not to say that the government and society do not protect the fetus at all, but a fetus as limited protection. The universal declaration of human rights includes the unborn child by stating the inalienable rights of all members of the human family are born free and equal in dignity and rights (Penovic, 2011). This enshrines and inaugural the right to be born. There are laws enforced to protect the fetus from negligent injury in utero by parties other than its mother, except for negligent driving, by both statutory and common law means (Scott, 2004). Why is the government limiting the fetuses rights to be protected? The common understanding is maternal-fetal conflict (Scott, 2004). Liberal parties see a women’s rights restricting