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...some terms with pro-life feminists, gay pro-lifers link the predicaments of homosexuals in our society to the ideological reasons that make them pro-life. The gay pro-life position actually uses the fight against the marginalization of gays in American society to give viability to the fetus...
...Still, his mind continued exploring an important advance in cancer therapy, and with help from colleagues, he continued treating patients. Osserman's last hope was an experimental therapy in which the cells malfunctioning in his brain would be replaced by an injection of vigorous developing cells -- cells from a fetus that a woman had chosen to abort...
During the eighth month of her pregnancy, her mother discovered the fetus' deformity. She decided to undergo a Caesarian section in order to preserve the baby's organs from damage. Her intent was to have the baby declared brain dead as soon as it was born, so that its organs could be donated before they deteriorated...
...argues that special attention must be paid to two crucial stages of development: prenatal and early childhood, and early adolescence. Brain damage to the fetus through malnutrition or drug abuse can diminish intellectual ability. And failure to form a secure attachment to an adult in the first two years of life can hamper a child's learning as well as emotional growth. To forestall such damage, Hamburg asserts, women must have access to prenatal care, drug-treatment programs and nutrition counseling. It also helps to assign parental mentors to new mothers (and fathers), and to consolidate social and health services...
...Chicago court refused to require twins to undergo tests to determine if their bone marrow could help their half brother who was dying of leukemia. In 1987 a Washington federal court ordered a pregnant cancer patient to undergo a caesarean delivery in an attempt to save the fetus, even though she and her doctors opposed the operation. The baby lived for just two hours. The woman died two days later. But the lower-court ruling doesn't provide a precedent because it was vacated by an appeals court the following year...