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...Likewise, special training and extra malpractice insurance might dampen enthusiasm for offering the drug. Doctors will have the extra burden of locating those women who do not return for the final visit to make sure their pregnancy has been terminated. Were there to be an increase in complications or birth defects associated with mifepristone (none have yet been reported), insurance companies would probably adjust their rates accordingly...
...life advocates fear a reversal if the pill encourages women to view abortion more casually. For these activists, the point of the debate about late-term abortion was to draw tight the line between abortion and murder. Mifepristone, argue its supporters, makes abortion look more like birth control, "more like a standard medical treatment than something that has been marginalized and ghetto-ized," notes Boston University ethicist Annas. But even greater availability and a higher comfort level among patients do not mean the total number of abortions will necessarily rise. During the decade that the pill has been available...
...battles at a time when politicians of both major parties say little about abortion. For instance, conservatives have helped pass laws in 19 states that automatically invalidate a "right-to-die" living will for a woman if she gets pregnant; 11 other states invalidate such a document if birth is possible, according to Rachel Roth, author of Making Women Pay: The Hidden Costs of Fetal Rights...
...local level, D.A.s have prosecuted at least 200 women across the U.S. on various theories of fetal abuse, according to the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, which represents many of the women. The center is currently helping defend Shannon Moss, a Georgia woman who gave birth to twins last year, one of whom died five minutes after being born. Authorities charged Moss with murder after she tested positive for methamphetamine, though an autopsy later found no traces of drugs in the child. Her case has been stalled for a year...
Some of the most dramatic cases have nothing to do with drugs. Last month in Attleboro, Mass., a judge ordered Rebecca Corneau to be sent to a center for pregnant inmates until she gives birth, which will be any day. Last year Corneau gave birth to a son, who died soon afterward. Prosecutors say he would have lived had he undergone a routine procedure to clear his fragile lungs, but Corneau belongs to a religious sect that rejects modern medicine. She also rejects the authority of the government, and so has declined to hire a lawyer. The A.C.L.U. has asked...