Anthropology

Anthropology
Open Access

ISSN: 2332-0915

Research Article - (2013) Volume 1, Issue 2

When Does the Fetus Become a Person? A French Retrospective Study and Review of the Literature of Rituals Related to Medical Interruptions of Pregnancies, in-utero Fetal Death, and Late Miscarriages

Philippe Charlier1,2*, Agathe Roth Le Gentil3 and Luc Brun4
1Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, University Hospital R. Poincaré (AP-HP, UVSQ), 92380 Garches, France
2Department of Medical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine Paris 5, 75005 Paris, France
3West Paris University, 9 boulevard d’Alembert - 78280 Guyancourt, France
4Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Parakou, Benin
*Corresponding Author: Philippe Charlier, Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, University Hospital R. Poincaré (AP-HP, UVSQ), 104 R. Poincaré Boulevard, F-92380 Garches, France, Tel: +33-1-47-10-76-80, Fax: +33-1-47-10-76-83 Email:

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