YOUR correspondent Mr Plaisted (letters, September 13) says that the rights of the unborn child (more correctly, foetus) are enshrined in article 3 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
This is not correct, as Article 1 makes it clear from its opening statement that “all human beings are born free.” Article 3 states that “everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person.”
There is no mention as Mr Plaisted contends of a right to life from conception.
The European Convention on Human Rights makes similar reference to the person, but not the unborn foetus.
Mr Clive Wood
Western Avenue
Newport
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