Word: edelin
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Flanagan has repeatedly denied that his prosecution will be based on anything other than the facts, and he also has attacked what he said are efforts to link Edelin's indictment with an anti-abortion movement...
...Edelin said he is confident that if the jury is "made aware of what the law is," he will be cleared. He said that he has never performed an illegal abortion...
...alleged manslaughter occured sometime last October; the exact date has been impounded by the court. Edelin has admitted that the abortion was performed, but has asserted that it was legal...
...Edelin was then one of two obstetricians on a staff of 15 who agreed to perform abortions. "For religious, moral, or personal reasons," Edelin said, the rest of the staff did not choose to do them...
...took it upon ourselves over and above our duty to provide that service to the community," Edelin said. "It was not a pleasant thing to do. We had to do them late in the afternoon or on Saturday mornings on our own time, with a skeletion crew in the operating room...