Anthropology
Open Access
ISSN: 2332-0915
ISSN: 2332-0915
Agathe Roth Le Gentil
France
Research Article
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
Author(s): Philippe Charlier, Agathe Roth Le Gentil , Luc Brun, Christian Hervé
Philippe Charlier, Agathe Roth Le Gentil , Luc Brun, Christian Hervé
Background: To best accompany bereaved couples facing a dead fetus, as a midwife or a physician, and understand more precisely what they live, it seems important to ask us on what represents for the mother, parents, this little being whom they had to separate. This brings us to the question: what represents this fetus lost for parents? How is he regarded by contemporary society? Do parents feel respect or revulsion to the body of the deceased children? What is the place of these “babies” in our society.
Objective: The objective of our study was to determine, in relation to the term, the beginning of “humanity” for the parents of a dead fetus. We wanted to determine a term (in the medical sense), if it exists, which can be considered the body as “sacred” (not just an inert entity) from the point of view of .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2332-0915.1000105