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...medical eyes, a fetus is usually incapable of independent life before 20 weeks, thus presenting no murder issue in abortion. In contrast to Catholic doctrine, most other Western religions now view the mother's life as primary. Many Jews accept abortion because they regard a fetus as an organic part of the mother and not as a living soul until its birth. The National Council of Churches has approved hospital abortions "when the health or life of the mother is at stake," and many clergymen broadly define health to mean social as well as physical wellbeing. Last month...
...central problem of abortion in the U. S. is that it is governed by criminal law rather than medical knowledge. Following English common law, the early U. S. regarded abortion as no crime before the fetus quickens in the womb (about five months); a miscarriage before 20 weeks still generally requires no death certificate or interment. But starting in 1860, many states outlawed abortion before as well as after quickening. New Hampshire, for example, bans hospital abortion before quickening, even to save a dying woman. The legal maze is extraordinary. In 17 states, unjustified abortion is a felony that carries...
...abstract won first prize last week at the Royal Society of Arts in the nonobjective category of a competition sponsored by the popular Sunday newspaper The People. Explained Mrs. Jeanes, mother of a 15-year-old daughter: "The abstract was my endeavor to depict life from the fetus to infinity, and the struggle for the first breath of life. The section of rectangles indicates the cut-and-dried life one might hope to live, passing on to life's trials, which are reality, painted in brilliant colors. The small white sections denote tranquillity, and the circle, complete peace...
...conference, she led pickets outside the Hilton Hotel and gave public lectures on self-abortion. It was her startling opinion that no law held the woman responsible for ridding herself of an unwanted child. Therefore, she argued, the police can take no action "even if you take your fetus into the police station and tell them you just did your own abortion...
...skin cancer may develop at this site, said Dr. Morgan. Hidden from view are internal cancers (especially of the thyroid), which may take many years to develop, and leukemia or "cancer of the blood." If a woman has a pelvic X ray in the first weeks of pregnancy, the fetus may be damaged, to be aborted or stillborn, or the child may eventually develop leukemia. Completely hidden from diagnosis or measurement are genetic effects, which do not appear until a later generation...