An African Thought on the Ethics of Human Foetal Life

Abstract

This paper presents an African thought on the ethics of human foetal life and this can be discussed against the backdrop of the African concept of life, person and community. In the process, it examines the fact of humanity and personhood of the human foetus and the role of the community in the determinant of humanity and personhood of the human foetus. It goes further to examine the veracity of the arguments for and against the toying with the early development of human beings.