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href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87_%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0" title="জীয়াই থকাৰ অধিকাৰ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="জীয়াই থকাৰ অধিকাৰ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya%C5%9Famaq_h%C3%BCququ" title="Yaşamaq hüququ – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Yaşamaq hüququ" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karapatan_sa_buhay" title="Karapatan sa buhay – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Karapatan sa buhay" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dret_a_la_vida" title="Dret a la vida – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Dret a la vida" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A1vo_na_%C5%BEivot" title="Právo na život – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Právo na život" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yr_hawl_i_fywyd" title="Yr hawl i fywyd – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Yr hawl i fywyd" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_life" title="Right to life – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Right to life" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recht_auf_Leben" title="Recht auf Leben – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Recht auf Leben" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%AF%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%B1_%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7_%CE%B6%CF%89%CE%AE" title="Δικαίωμα στη ζωή – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Δικαίωμα στη ζωή" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derecho_a_la_vida" title="Derecho a la vida – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Derecho a la vida" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajto_je_vivo" title="Rajto je vivo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Rajto je vivo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizitzeko_eskubidea" title="Bizitzeko eskubidea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bizitzeko eskubidea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%82_%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C" title="حق زندگی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="حق زندگی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droit_%C3%A0_la_vie" title="Droit à la vie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Droit à la vie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dereito_%C3%A1_vida" title="Dereito á vida – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Dereito á vida" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%9D%EC%A1%B4%EA%B6%8C" title="생존권 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="생존권" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha%C6%99%C6%99in_rayuwa" title="Haƙƙin rayuwa – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Haƙƙin rayuwa" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%AB_%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D6%84" title="Կյանքի իրավունք – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կյանքի իրավունք" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0" title="जीवनाधिकार – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="जीवनाधिकार" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pravo_na_%C5%BEivot" title="Pravo na život – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Pravo na život" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hak_untuk_hidup" title="Hak untuk hidup – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Hak untuk hidup" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diritto_alla_vita" title="Diritto alla vita – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Diritto alla vita" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%96%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D" title="הזכות לחיים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הזכות לחיים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%AA%E1%83%9D%E1%83%AA%E1%83%AE%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="სიცოცხლის უფლება – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სიცოცხლის უფლება" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%A8%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%80_%D1%81%D2%AF%D1%80%D1%83_%D2%9B%D2%B1%D2%9B%D1%8B%D2%93%D1%8B" title="Өмір сүру құқығы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Өмір сүру құқығы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haki_ya_kuishi" title="Haki ya kuishi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Haki ya kuishi" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maf%C3%AA_jiyan%C3%AA" title="Mafê jiyanê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Mafê jiyanê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ius_vitae" title="Ius vitae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ius vitae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%82" title="Право на живот – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Право на живот" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B3_%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%82" title="ജീവിക്കാനുള്ള അവകാശം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ജീവിക്കാനുള്ള അവകാശം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%84%EA%AF%A8%EA%AF%9F%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%92%EA%AF%A4_%EA%AF%90%EA%AF%AA%EA%AF%90%EA%AF%9D_%EA%AF%8A%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%9B%EA%AF%84" title="ꯄꯨꯟꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯐꯪꯐꯝ ꯊꯣꯛꯄ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯄꯨꯟꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯐꯪꯐꯝ ꯊꯣꯛꯄ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recht_op_leven" title="Recht op leven – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Recht op leven" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%9F%E5%AD%98%E6%A8%A9_(%E7%94%9F%E5%91%BD%E5%80%AB%E7%90%86)" title="生存権 (生命倫理) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="生存権 (生命倫理)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retten_til_liv" title="Retten til liv – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Retten til liv" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%AD%D9%82" title="زندگی دا حق – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="زندگی دا حق" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prawo_do_%C5%BCycia" title="Prawo do życia – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Prawo do życia" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direito_%C3%A0_vida" title="Direito à vida – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Direito à vida" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreptul_la_via%C8%9B%C4%83" title="Dreptul la viață – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Dreptul la viață" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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searchaux" style="display:none">Belief that a being should not be killed by another entity</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Right_to_life_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Right to life (disambiguation)">Right to life (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p>The <b>right to life</b> is the belief that a <a href="/wiki/Human" title="Human">human</a> (or other <a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">animal</a>) has the right to <a href="/wiki/Life" title="Life">live</a> and, in particular, should not be killed by another entity. The concept of a right to life arises in debates on issues including: <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment">capital punishment</a>, with some people seeing it as <a href="/wiki/Immoral" class="mw-redirect" title="Immoral">immoral</a>; <a href="/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortion</a>, with some considering the killing of a human <a href="/wiki/Embryo" title="Embryo">embryo</a> or <a href="/wiki/Fetus" title="Fetus">fetus</a> immoral; <a href="/wiki/Euthanasia" title="Euthanasia">euthanasia</a>, in which the decision to end one's life outside of natural means is seen as incorrect; <a href="/wiki/Ethics_of_eating_meat" title="Ethics of eating meat">meat production and consumption</a>, in which the breeding and killing of animals for their meat is seen by some people as an infringement on their rights; and in killings by law enforcement, which are seen by some as an infringement on those persons' right to live. However, individuals may disagree in which of these areas the principle of a right to life might apply. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Abortion">Abortion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Right_to_life&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Abortion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Abortion_debate" title="Abortion debate">Abortion debate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abortion-rights_movements" class="mw-redirect" title="Abortion-rights movements">Abortion-rights movements</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Anti-abortion_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-abortion movement">Anti-abortion movement</a></div><p>The term "right to life" is used in the <a href="/wiki/Abortion_debate" title="Abortion debate">abortion debate</a> by those who wish to end the practice of <a href="/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortion</a>, or at least reduce the frequency of the practice,<sup id="cite_ref-rhetoric_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rhetoric-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in the context of <a href="/wiki/Pregnancy" title="Pregnancy">pregnancy</a>, the term <i>right to life</i> was advanced by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII" title="Pope Pius XII">Pope Pius XII</a> during a 1951 <a href="/wiki/Papal_encyclical" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal encyclical">papal encyclical</a>: </p><blockquote><p>Every human being, even the child in the womb, has the right to life directly from God and not from his parents, not from any society or human authority. Therefore, there is no man, no society, no human authority, no science, no “indication” at all whether it be medical, eugenic, social, economic, or moral that may offer or give a valid judicial title for a direct deliberate disposal of an innocent human life </p><dl><dd>— Pope Pius XII, <i>Address to Midwives on the Nature of Their Profession</i> Papal Encyclical, October 29, 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></blockquote> <p>In 1966 the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Conference_of_Catholic_Bishops" title="United States Conference of Catholic Bishops">National Conference of Catholic Bishops</a> (NCCB) asked Fr. <a href="/wiki/James_T._McHugh" title="James T. McHugh">James T. McHugh</a> to begin observing trends in abortion reform within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee">National Right to Life Committee</a> (NRLC) was founded in 1967 as the Right to Life League to coordinate its state campaigns under the auspices of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.<sup id="cite_ref-christianlifeandliberty.net_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-christianlifeandliberty.net-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To appeal to a more broad-based, nonsectarian movement, key <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> leaders proposed an organizational model that would separate the NRLC from the direct oversight of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and by early 1973 NRLC Director Fr. James T. McHugh and his executive assistant, Michael Taylor, proposed a different plan, facilitating the NRLC move toward its independence from the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethics_and_right_to_life">Ethics and right to life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Right_to_life&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ethics and right to life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Abortion_debate" title="Abortion debate">Abortion debate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philosophical_aspects_of_the_abortion_debate" title="Philosophical aspects of the abortion debate">Philosophical aspects of the abortion debate</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Infanticide" title="Infanticide">Infanticide</a></div> <p>Some <a href="/wiki/Utilitarianism" title="Utilitarianism">utilitarian</a> <a href="/wiki/Ethicist" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethicist">ethicists</a> argue that the "right to life", where it exists, depends on conditions other than membership of the <a href="/wiki/Human_species" class="mw-redirect" title="Human species">human species</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Philosopher" class="mw-redirect" title="Philosopher">philosopher</a> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Singer" title="Peter Singer">Peter Singer</a> is a notable proponent of this argument. For Singer, the right to life is grounded in the ability to plan and anticipate one's future. This extends the concept to non-human animals, such as other <a href="/wiki/Ape" title="Ape">apes</a>, but since the unborn, infants and severely <a href="/wiki/Disability" title="Disability">disabled</a> people lack this, he states that abortion, painless infanticide and euthanasia can be "justified" (but are not obligatory) in certain special circumstances, for instance in the case of a disabled infant whose life would be one of suffering.<sup id="cite_ref-singer_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-singer-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bioethics" title="Bioethics">Bioethicists</a> associated with <a href="/wiki/Disability_Rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Disability Rights">disability rights</a> and <a href="/wiki/Disability_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="Disability Studies">disability studies</a> communities have argued that Singer's <a href="/wiki/Epistemology" title="Epistemology">epistemology</a> is based on <a href="/wiki/Ableism" title="Ableism">ableist</a> conceptions of disability.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Capital_punishment">Capital punishment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Right_to_life&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Capital punishment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment#Roman_Catholic_Church" title="Capital punishment">Capital punishment § Roman Catholic Church</a></div> <p>Opponents of <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment">capital punishment</a> argue that it is a violation of the right to life, while its supporters argue that the death penalty is not a violation of the right to life because the right to life should apply with deference to a sense of <a href="/wiki/Criminal_justice" title="Criminal justice">justice</a>. The opponents believe that capital punishment is the worst violation of <a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a>, because the right to life is the most important, and capital punishment violates it without necessity and inflicts to the <a href="/wiki/Death_row" title="Death row">condemned</a> a <a href="/wiki/Psychological_torture" title="Psychological torture">psychological torture</a>. <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_activists" class="mw-redirect" title="Human rights activists">Human rights activists</a> oppose the death penalty, calling it "cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment", and <a href="/wiki/Amnesty_International" title="Amnesty International">Amnesty International</a> considers it to be "the ultimate, irreversible denial of Human Rights".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> has adopted, in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> non-binding resolutions calling for a <a href="/wiki/UN_moratorium_on_the_death_penalty" class="mw-redirect" title="UN moratorium on the death penalty">global moratorium on executions</a>, with a view to eventual abolition.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Killings_by_law_enforcement">Killings by law enforcement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Right_to_life&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Killings by law enforcement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Lists_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers" title="Lists of killings by law enforcement officers">Lists of killings by law enforcement officers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Police_brutality" title="Police brutality">Police brutality</a></div> <p>The International Human Rights Standards for Law Enforcement<sup id="cite_ref-auto_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has created a system whereby it is recognised that <a href="/wiki/International_human_rights_law" title="International human rights law">international human rights law</a> is binding upon all <a href="/wiki/State_(polity)" title="State (polity)">state</a> actors, and that said state actors must know and be capable of applying international standards for human rights. The right to life is for the most part an inalienable right granted to every human upon the planet, however, there are certain situations in which state actors are required to take drastic action, which can result in civilians being <a href="/wiki/Lethal_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Lethal force">killed</a> by <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement" title="Law enforcement">law enforcement</a> agents. </p><p>Appropriate occasions for <a href="/wiki/Lists_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers" title="Lists of killings by law enforcement officers">killings by law enforcement</a> are strictly outlined by the International Human Rights Standards for Law Enforcement. Any lethal action taken by law enforcement agents must be taken following a certain set of rules that have been set out in the '<a href="/wiki/Use_of_force" title="Use of force">Use of Force</a>' section of the Pocket Book on Human Rights for the Police.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The essential tenet of the Pocket Book<sup id="cite_ref-auto_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> surrounding the use of lethal force is that all other means of a non-violent nature should be employed initially, followed by proportionately appropriate use of force. Proportionately appropriate use of force can, and will in some circumstances, refer to lethal force if a law enforcement agent genuinely believes that ending the life of one civilian would result in the preservation of his life, or the lives of his fellow civilians, as is outlined in the 'Permissible Circumstances for the Use of <a href="/wiki/Firearm" title="Firearm">Firearms</a>' section of the Pocket Book.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Pocket Book<sup id="cite_ref-auto_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also outlines in the 'Accountability for the Use of Force and Firearms' section that there are stringent measures of accountability in place to maintain integrity within state law enforcement agencies as regards their right to the use of lethal force. </p><p><a href="/wiki/International_organization" title="International organization">International institutions</a> have outlined when and where law enforcement agents might have the availability of lethal force at their disposal. The <a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Chiefs_of_Police" title="International Association of Chiefs of Police">International Association of Chiefs of Police</a> have 'Model Policies' which incorporate various pieces of information from leading sources.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of these model policies states that law enforcement agents will engage in reasonable necessary force to efficiently bring a scenario to a conclusion, giving specific thought to both the safety of themselves and other civilians. Law enforcement officers are given the prerogative to engage in department-approved methods to safely bring a conclusion to a scenario and are also given the ability to use issued equipment to resolve issues in scenarios where they are required to protect themselves or others from damage, to bring <a href="/wiki/Resisting_arrest" class="mw-redirect" title="Resisting arrest">resistant individuals</a> under control, or to safely conclude unlawful incidents. There is no mention as to what "reasonably necessary" should be interpreted as meaning, but there is reference made to the <a href="/wiki/Reasonable_person" title="Reasonable person">reasonable man</a> method of determining how one should approach a scenario.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it has been highlighted through events such as the <a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Michael_Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting of Michael Brown">killing of Michael Brown</a> by Darren Wilson in <a href="/wiki/Ferguson,_Missouri" title="Ferguson, Missouri">Ferguson, Missouri</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which resulted in <a href="/wiki/Ferguson_unrest" title="Ferguson unrest">public unrest</a>, that there is confusion and debate surrounding the use of firearms and lethal force. The 'Procedure for the Use of Firearms' section provides the process through which law enforcement agents must progress when using firearms. It states that they must identify themselves as a <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_agent" class="mw-redirect" title="Law enforcement agent">law enforcement agent</a>, issue a clear warning, and give an adequate amount of time for response (providing that time would not likely result in harm being done to the agent or other civilians) before <a href="/wiki/Deadly_force" title="Deadly force">deadly force</a> can be used within the bounds of international law. </p><p>While the Pocket Book on Human Rights for the Police outlines the academic circumstances under which law enforcement agents may use lethal force, the literal scenarios in which police killings have occurred are also relevant. Rosenfeld<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> states that there is considerable literature that gives reason to believe that social conditions also have a part to play in how law enforcement killings can occur. Rosenfeld states that there are numerous studies that have been conducted which link law enforcement agents' use of lethal force to the area's rate of <a href="/wiki/Violent_crime" title="Violent crime">violent crime</a>, the size of the non<a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples" title="Indigenous peoples">-indigenous population</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Socioeconomics" class="mw-redirect" title="Socioeconomics">socioeconomic</a> position of the community concerned.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Appropriating a blanket description of how police killings can occur across the board is difficult given the vast differences in social context from state to state. </p><p>Perry, Hall and Hall<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> discuss the <a href="/wiki/Police_brutality_in_the_United_States" title="Police brutality in the United States">phenomena across the United States of America</a> which became highly charged and widely documented in late 2014, referring to the use of lethal force from white police officers on unarmed black male civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is no legal prerogative which gives law enforcement agents the ability to use lethal force based on the race of the person they are dealing with, there is only a legal prerogative to engage in lethal force if there is a reasonable fear for your life or the lives of others. However, the <a href="/wiki/ProPublica" title="ProPublica">Propublica</a> analysis of federal data on <a href="/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States">fatal police shootings</a> between 2010 and 2012, showed that young black male civilians were 21 times more likely to be killed by police than young white male civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The use of lethal force from law enforcement agents in the United States created widespread feeling amongst US <a href="/wiki/Citizenship" title="Citizenship">citizens</a> that they were not being protected by the police. The justice system mostly found that these agents acted within the boundaries of the law because the actions of the people who were shot were judged to be sufficiently questionable in character for the police officer to fear for their own life or the lives of others. Coppolo<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> investigated <a href="/wiki/Law_of_Connecticut" title="Law of Connecticut">Connecticut law</a> and reported that the use of lethal force must be followed by a report that determines whether the law enforcement agent's lethal force was proportionately necessary in the circumstances. Coppolo also stated that a reasonable lethal response must only be made when there is a reasonable belief that the facts you have been presented with could realistically result in a risk of death or grievous bodily harm.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Animals">Animals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Right_to_life&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Animals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Ethics_of_eating_meat" title="Ethics of eating meat">Ethics of eating meat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sentiocentrism" class="mw-redirect" title="Sentiocentrism">Sentiocentrism</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_marginal_cases" title="Argument from marginal cases">Argument from marginal cases</a></div> <p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Animal_Liberation_(book)" title="Animal Liberation (book)">Animal Liberation</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Singer" title="Peter Singer">Peter Singer</a> writes that the killing of animals for the consumption of their meat should be seen as immoral and a violation of their right to life. He holds that rights should be based on sentience, rather than species membership.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Numerous authors have invoked the <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_marginal_cases" title="Argument from marginal cases">argument from marginal cases</a> to argue that animals should have similar moral status to human infants, senile people, the <a href="/wiki/Coma" title="Coma">comatose</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cognition" title="Cognition">cognitively</a> disabled people.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Horta_2014_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Horta_2014-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2020 survey of 1812 published English-language philosophers found that 48% said it was permissible to eat animals in ordinary circumstances, while 45% said it was not.<sup id="cite_ref-Weinberg_2021_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weinberg_2021-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Euthanasia">Euthanasia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Right_to_life&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Euthanasia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Legality_of_euthanasia" title="Legality of euthanasia">Legality of euthanasia</a></div> <p>Those who believe a person should be able to make the decision to end their own life through <a href="/wiki/Euthanasia" title="Euthanasia">euthanasia</a> use the argument that persons have a <i>right to choose</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while those who oppose the legalization of euthanasia argue so on the grounds that all persons have a right to life, which they interpret as an <i>obligation to live</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are commonly referred to as <i>right-to-lifers</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/European_Convention_on_Human_Rights" title="European Convention on Human Rights">The European Convention</a> on Human Rights defended the possibility of the existence of a “<a href="/wiki/Right_to_die" title="Right to die">right to die</a>” through the application of euthanasia and granting the individual the right to choose the method of implementing this type of dying, considering that the latter is one of the parts of the right to life.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Juridical_statements">Juridical statements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Right_to_life&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Juridical statements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 1444, the <a href="/wiki/Poljica_Statute" title="Poljica Statute">Poljica Statute</a> declared a right to live "-for nothing existed forever".<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1776, the <a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_(United_States)#Principles_of_the_United_States_Declaration_of_Independence_.28complete_original_text_with_brief_explanations.29" class="mw-redirect" title="Declaration of Independence (United States)">United States Declaration of Independence</a> declared that "<a href="/wiki/All_men_are_created_equal" title="All men are created equal">all men are created equal</a>, that they are endowed by their <a href="/wiki/Creator_deity" title="Creator deity">Creator</a> with certain <a href="/wiki/Inalienable_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Inalienable rights">unalienable Rights</a>, that among these are <a href="/wiki/Life,_liberty_and_the_pursuit_of_happiness" class="mw-redirect" title="Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness">Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness</a>".</li> <li>In 1948, the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights" title="Universal Declaration of Human Rights">Universal Declaration of Human Rights</a>, adopted by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> declared in article three:</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.</p></blockquote> <ul><li>In 1950, the <a href="/wiki/European_Convention_on_Human_Rights" title="European Convention on Human Rights">European Convention on Human Rights</a> was adopted by the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a>, declaring a protected human right to life in <a href="/wiki/Article_2_of_the_European_Convention_on_Human_Rights" title="Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights">Article 2</a>. There are exceptions for lawful executions and self-defense, arresting a fleeing suspect, and suppressing riots and insurrections. Since then Protocol 6 of the convention has called for nations to outlaw <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment">capital punishment</a> except in time of war or national emergency, and at present this pertains in all countries of the council. Protocol 13 provides for the total abolition of capital punishment, and has been implemented in most member countries of the council.</li> <li>In 1966, the <a href="/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Civil_and_Political_Rights" title="International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights">International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights</a> was adopted by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a>.</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Article 6.1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights</cite></div></blockquote> <ul><li>In 1969, the <a href="/wiki/American_Convention_on_Human_Rights" title="American Convention on Human Rights">American Convention on Human Rights</a> was adopted in <a href="/wiki/San_Jos%C3%A9,_Costa_Rica" title="San José, Costa Rica">San José</a>, Costa Rica by many countries in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hemisphere" title="Western Hemisphere">Western Hemisphere</a>. It is in force in 23 countries.</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Every person has the right to have his life respected. This right shall be protected by law and, in general, from the moment of conception. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Article 4.1 of the American Convention on Human Rights</cite></div></blockquote> <ul><li>In 1982, the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms" title="Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms">Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms</a> enshrined that</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms</cite></div></blockquote> <ul><li>In 1989, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the <a href="/wiki/Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child" title="Convention on the Rights of the Child">Convention on the Rights of the Child</a> (CRC).</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany" title="Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany">Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany</a> holds the principle of <a href="/wiki/Human_dignity" class="mw-redirect" title="Human dignity">human dignity</a> paramount, even above the right to life.</li> <li>The Catholic Church has issued a <i><a href="/wiki/Charter_of_the_Rights_of_the_Family" title="Charter of the Rights of the Family">Charter of the Rights of the Family</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in which it states that the right to life is directly implied by human dignity.</li> <li>Article 21 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Indian Constitution</a>, 1950, guarantees the right to life to all persons within the territory of India and states: "No person shall be deprived of his right to life and personal liberty except according to procedure established by law." Article 21 confers on every person the fundamental right to life and personal liberty which has become an inexhaustible source of many other rights.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><br /> The right to life is considered the most important and first right urged by the European Convention on Human Rights, and it is a right granted to all persons, which makes it necessary in the system of basic human rights and freedoms that this Convention works to protect and preserve.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Right_to_life&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 28em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_law" title="Abortion law">Abortion law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Abortion rights">Abortion rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-abortion" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-abortion">Anti-abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-abortion_feminism" title="Anti-abortion feminism">Anti-abortion feminism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argument_from_marginal_cases" title="Argument from marginal cases">Argument from marginal cases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baby_K" title="Baby K">Baby K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bioethics" title="Bioethics">Bioethics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biocentrism_(ethics)" title="Biocentrism (ethics)">Biocentrism (ethics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consistent_life_ethic" title="Consistent life ethic">Consistent life ethic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_life" title="Culture of life">Culture of life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen" title="Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen">Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deontology" title="Deontology">Deontology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fetal_rights" title="Fetal rights">Fetal rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foeticide" title="Foeticide">Foeticide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_dignity" class="mw-redirect" title="Human dignity">Human dignity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Life,_Liberty_and_the_pursuit_of_Happiness" title="Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness">Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Life_unworthy_of_life" title="Life unworthy of life">Life unworthy of life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moral_agency" title="Moral agency">Moral agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moral_rights" title="Moral rights">Moral rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moral_skepticism" title="Moral skepticism">Moral skepticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee">National Right to Life Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haleigh_Poutre" title="Haleigh Poutre">Haleigh Poutre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personhood" title="Personhood">Personhood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharmacists_for_Life_International" title="Pharmacists for Life International">Pharmacists for Life International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quality_of_life" title="Quality of life">Quality of life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reverence_for_Life" title="Reverence for Life">Reverence for Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rights" title="Rights">Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Right_to_die" title="Right to die">Right to die</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanctity_of_life" title="Sanctity of life">Sanctity of life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sentience" title="Sentience">Sentience</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speciesism" title="Speciesism">Speciesism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terri_Schiavo" class="mw-redirect" title="Terri Schiavo">Terri Schiavo</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Right_to_life&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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